Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea has agreed to a new six-year contract with the Commodores, CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz confirmed.

Lea has 14th-ranked Vanderbilt in the middle of the College Football Playoff hunt this season entering Saturday's finale at Tennessee and was a target for several major openings , including Auburn and Penn State . Lea is a Vanderbilt alumnus. Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt prediction, pick, odds, spread: Volunteers, Commodores set for 120th all-time meeting Will Backus

Vanderbilt's won nine games in a regular season for the first time since 1915 and is a victory over the Vols away from potentially making its first playoff appearance.

Lea's the second SEC head coach to sign a new deal in as many days, joining Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz , who was in the

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