Vanderbilt finished the regular season 10-2 (6-2 SEC), its first 10-win regular season in school history.
The season included big wins over South Carolina, LSU, Missouri, and Auburn, capped off by a massive 45-24 road victory at Tennessee on Saturday.
Yet, while the Commodores remain part of the College Football Playoff discussion, they sit at No. 14 in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday — just outside the postseason field.
On Thursday, speaking with SportsCenter's Matt Barrie, quarterback Diego Pavia made an argument for why the Commodores deserve a shot at the playoffs.
"I think if you look at our strength of schedule at the beginning of the year, the people we beat, when we beat them, on the road. There's no other 10 and two SEC team left out. And

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