After Vanderbilt checked in at No. 14 in Tuesday’s penultimate CFP rankings, their odds of making the playoff are slim. But Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea’s last-ditch tackle to crash the party remains in motion. While one more marquee win could be their best shot, the Commodores aren’t giving up on a CFP bid.

To play a 13th game, they’d have to go to Hawaii or Alaska, the only options under NCAA rules, and Lea made his stance clear.

“Clark Lea said yesterday he told his team to have their bags packed in case a team wanted to play this Saturday, and that is true of today,” wrote Vandy beat writer Alaina Morris on Wednesday. “He said he’d prepare his team to play in two days if called to.”

While Lea seems all in on Vanderbilt’s playoff run, teams like Texas (No. 13), Utah (No. 15), and

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