Diego Pavia completed 18 of 25 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns to help Vanderbilt post an impressive 31-7 upset over the No. 11 South Carolina in Columbia, SC., on Saturday.

Pavia also threw an interception for the Commodores (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), who snapped a 16-game losing streak against South Carolina, earning their first win over the Gamecocks since September 2008.

Sedrick Alexander ran 13 times for 41 yards and a score for Vanderbilt, which won its conference opener for the first time since 2011.

Adding injury to insult, South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers - a potential Heisman Trophy candidate -- exited in the second quarter and did not return. Before taking a hit to the head from Langston Patterson, Sellers was 6-for-7 passing with 94 yards and an i

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