Another weekend of college football is in the rearview.
From South Carolina’s massive home win over Texas A&M to the Big 12’s suddenly precarious playoff positioning, here are Week 10’s winners and losers.
Winner: Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, King of Alabama
The Commodores are going bowling. Vanderbilt (6-3, 3-2 in SEC) became bowl-eligible with a 17-7 road win against Auburn (3-5, 1-5 in SEC). It completed Pavia’s sweep of the state of Alabama after he led Vandy to a 40-35 win against No. 14 Alabama (6-2, 3-2 in SEC) earlier this season.
Pavia also defeated Auburn in 2023 while at New Mexico State, giving him a 3-0 record over the 22nd state to join the United States.
When can he pick up his key to the city?
Loser: Penn State head coach James Franklin
Franklin was once again exposed against better competition in Penn State’s 20-13 home loss to No. 4 Ohio State (7-1, 4-1 in Big Ten).
Here’s Franklin’s record against Ohio State and ranked opponents after Saturday.
- 1-10 against Ohio State, including eight consecutive losses
- 1-14 against Associated Press top-five teams
- 3-18 against top-10 teams
- 13-27 against top-25 teams
