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2016 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 14 Florida x   6 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 22 Tennessee   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Georgia   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Kentucky   4 – 4     7 – 6  
South Carolina   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Vanderbilt   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Missouri*   2 – 6     4 – 8  
West Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^   8 – 0     14 – 1  
No. 24 Auburn   5 – 3     8 – 5  
No. 13 LSU   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Texas A&M   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Arkansas   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Mississippi State   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Ole Miss*   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ole Miss and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represents Vanderbilt University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores play their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee, and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They are led by third year head coach Derek Mason. This is Vanderbilt's 126th season of college football.

Schedule

Vanderbilt announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Commodores will host SEC foes Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and will travel to Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, and Missouri.[1]

The Commodores will host two of its four of its non–conference games which are against Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky (WKU) both from Conference USA, and Tennessee State from the Ohio Valley Conference.

Coaching staff

Name Position
Derek Mason Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
Andy Ludwig Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach
Jeff Genyk Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Coach
C.J. Ah You Defensive Line Coach
Gerry Gdowski Quarterbacks Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Cortez Hankton Wide Receivers Coach
Chris Marve Inside Linebackers Coach
Marc Mattioli Defensive Backs Coach
Osia Lewis Outside Linebackers Coach
Cameron Norcross Offensive Line Coach
James Dobson Head Strength Coach
Jason Grooms Asst. Athletics Director/Director of Football Operations
Tyler Barnes Director of Player Personnel
Tom Bossung Head Athletic Trainer
Rayna Stewart Director of High School Relations
Chris Singleton Equipment Manager
Matt Britain Assistant Director of Operations
Mike Kroeger Player Development & Operations Assistant
Tyler Clarke Assistant Director, Strength
Aaron Hill Assistant Strength Coach
Ben Schumacher Assistant Strength Coach
Cedric Calhoun Quality Control - Defense
Kevin Abrams Graduate Assistant - Offense
Tate Benton Graduate Assistant - Offense
Davis Dudchock Grad Assistant - Football Administration
Ryan Blakney Quality Control Offense
Rod Chance Quality Control Defense
Mike Morita Quality Control Offense

[2]

Coaching Changes

On December 15, 2015 coach Mason announced that special teams coach Charles Bankins, OL Coach Keven Lightner will not be retained for 2016. Mason cited a difference in philosophy rather than poor performance for the coaching changes.

"I just see this football team moving in a different direction and I just wanted to make sure these men were treated the right way," Mason said. "I feel like it’s time for us to move forward." [3]

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for 2016 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date

N/A N/A –  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 50   Rivals: 50  247Sports: 50  ESPN: 48
  • ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

2016 Schedule

September 17:00 p.m.South Carolina

ESPNL 10–1330,304 September 103:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee*

  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN

SECN+W 47–2429,627 September 1711:30 a.m.at Georgia Tech*

ACCNL 7–3841,916 September 243:30 p.m.at Western Kentucky*

CBSSNW 31–30 OT23,674 October 111:00 a.m.No. 23 Florida

  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN

SECNL 6–1330,565 October 83:00 p.m.at Kentucky

SECNL 13–2055,030 October 1511:00 a.m.at Georgia

SECNW 17–1692,746 October 226:30 p.m.No. 25 (FCS) Tennessee State †*

  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN

ESPNUW 35–1731,084 November 511:00 a.m.at No. 11 Auburn

ESPNL 16–2387,451 November 122:30 p.m.at Missouri

SECNL 17–2650,261 November 197:00 p.m.Ole Miss

  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)

SECNW 38–1727,763 November 266:30 p.m.No. 24 Tennessee

  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)

SECNW 45–3438,108

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Schedule Source:[4][5]

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP——————————
Coaches——————————
CFPNot released—Not released

Game notes

South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
South Carolina 0 0 3 10 13
Vanderbilt 3 7 0 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–20 2015 South Carolina, 19–10

Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 10 7 7 0 24
Vanderbilt 5 28 0 14 47
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–3 2015 Vanderbilt, 17–13

Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 7 0 0 0 7
Georgia Tech 14 3 14 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–19–3 2009 Georgia Tech, 56–31

WKU

1 2 3 4OT Total
Vanderbilt 0 7 7 107 31
WKU 7 7 0 106 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2015 WKU, 14–12

Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Florida 0 10 0 3 13
Vanderbilt 0 3 3 0 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–37–2 2015 Florida, 9–7

Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 3 0 7 3 13
Kentucky 7 10 0 3 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
42–42–4 2015 Vanderbilt, 21–17

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 7 0 3 7 17
Georgia 3 3 7 3 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–55–2 2015 Georgia, 31–14

Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 (FCS) Tennessee State 14 3 0 0 17
Vanderbilt 7 14 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2006 Vanderbilt, 38–9

Auburn

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 3 10 0 3 16
Auburn 7 3 10 3 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–20–1 2012 Vanderbilt, 17–13

Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 0 10 7 0 17
Missouri 6 13 0 7 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–4–1 2015 Vanderbilt, 10–3

Ole Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Ole Miss 10 0 0 7 17
Vanderbilt 7 7 17 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
38–50–2 2015 Ole Miss, 27–16

Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Tennessee 14 17 3 0 34
Vanderbilt 7 17 7 14 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–75–5 2015 Tennessee, 53–28

References

  1. ^ "2016 Commodore football schedule announced" (Press release). Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/vand-m-footbl-mtt.html
  3. ^ http://www.anchorofgold.com/2015/12/15/10233686/2015-ncaa-football-vanderbilt-assistant-coaches-bankins-lightner-fired
  4. ^ "2016 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "2016 Schedule". Retrieved 2016-08-27.
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