2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
2017 record	0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Derek Mason (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Derek Mason
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity:40,550)

2017 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Florida		0	–	0		0	–	0
Georgia		0	–	0		0	–	0
Kentucky		0	–	0		0	–	0
Missouri		0	–	0		0	–	0
South Carolina		0	–	0		0	–	0
Tennessee		0	–	0		0	–	0
Vanderbilt		0	–	0		0	–	0
West Division
Alabama		0	–	0		0	–	0
Arkansas		0	–	0		0	–	0
Auburn		0	–	0		0	–	0
LSU		0	–	0		0	–	0
Mississippi State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Ole Miss*		0	–	0		0	–	0
Texas A&M		0	–	0		0	–	0
Championship: December 2, 2017
* Ineligible for postseason due to self-imposed ban Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Vanderbilt Commodores football team will represent Vanderbilt University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores will play their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They are led by fourth-year head coach Derek Mason.

Schedule

Vanderbilt announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 7 home games and 5 away games in the regular season. The Commodores will host SEC foes Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Missouri, and will travel to Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Tennessee.^[1]

The Commodores will host three of its four non–conference games which are against Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, Kansas State from the Big 12 Conference and Western Kentucky from Conference USA and travel to Middle Tennessee also from Conference USA.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	CBSSN
September 9	3:00 p.m.	Alabama A&M*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN
September 16	6:30 p.m.	Kansas State*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPNU
September 24		Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
September 30		at Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
October 7		Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)
October 14		at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)
October 28		at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
November 4		Western Kentucky †*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
November 11		Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)
November 18		Missouri	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
November 25		at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

↑ "Seven home games on 'Dores' 2017 football schedule" (Press release). Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. September 13, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
↑ "2017 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 9, 2015.

Vanderbilt Commodores football
Venues	Old Dudley Field (1892–1921) Curry Field (1922) Dudley Field (1922–1980) Vanderbilt Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee
Culture & lore	History Mr. C Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game IMG Sports Newtork
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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