Game 8: Vanderbilt (3-4, 0-4 SEC) at Kentucky (6-1, 4-1 SEC)
When: Saturday, Oct. 24 • 6:30 p.m. CT
Where: Kroger Field • Lexington, Ky.
Watch: SEC Network (Matt Schumacher, Aaron Murray and Taylor Davis)
Listen: 94.9 The Fan (Andrew Allegretta, Norman Jordan and Kevin Ingram)
GAME PREVIEW
• Vanderbilt travels to the Bluegrass State to face Kentucky on Saturday at Kroger Field.
• The Commodores and Wildcats will be meeting for the 99th meeting time since 1896 this weekend.
• Kentucky leads the all-time series 49-45-4, but Vanderbilt has won the previous two contests and three of the last four.
• The Dores beat the Wildcats in each of their last two trips to Lexington with a 20-13 victory in 2024 and a 24-21 win in 2022.
• Last season, Junior Sherrill posted eight catches for 115 yards and a touchdown in the win.
SHERRILL STRIKES
• With a total of 628 receiving yards this fall, Junior Sherrill ranks 11th in FBS and third among SEC players.
• The Nashvillian has made at least one catch in 44 straight games. That marks the longest active streak in FBS and longest by a Dore since at least 1996.
• With 55 yards in Week 6 vs. Ole Miss, the wideout became the ninth Commodore in program history to reach 2,000 career receiving yards. He currently ranks eighth on Vandy’s all-time list.
• Sherrill caught his fourth touchdown of the season in Week 7 vs. Arkansas, moving him into a tie for eighth on Vanderbilt’s career receiving touchdowns list with 17.
• Sherrill was tied for the team lead in receiving touchdowns and ranked second in receptions and receiving yards in 2025.
• The wideout totaled a career-best 123 receiving yards on eight catches against Iowa in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
• Sherrill has tallied at least four catches and 50 receiving yards in each of his last 12 games.
THE SEA SNAKE
• CJ Heard leads Vandy in tackles with 52 and in forced fumbles with two. He grabbed his second career interception in Week 6 vs. Ole Miss.
• Heard’s 37 solo stops this season are second in the SEC and rank 13th in FBS.
• In the Delaware win, Heard totaled eight tackles and recorded his first career multi-sack game with two.
• His 83.0 PFF grade this season is best among starters on the Commodore defense.
• He finished the 2025 season tied for most tackles on the team with 71 while adding two sacks, five quarterback hurries, an interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery.