Last year, this game wasn’t close at all. Facing off against Vanderbilt at home, Florida earned a 56-0 win over the Commodores. This year’s game, featuring a Gators team that has beaten Georgia and appears to be on its way to Atlanta, has the makings of a similar matchup.
Vandy enters this one 0-6, easily the worst team in the SEC and perhaps in all of the Power Five. Both its offense and defense rank near the bottom of the conference, and it’s suffered big losses to lower-tier league teams like Ole Miss, LSU and South Carolina.
It’s hard to believe the Commodores will be able to beat a team like Florida, which boasts one of the best offenses in college football. Led by quarterback Kyle Trask, likely to be at the very least a Heisman finalist, the Gators are averaging almost 46 points per game.
Trask has 28 passing touchdowns to three interceptions this season, and he should be able to do to Vandy what lesser quarterbacks have so far this season.
Facing a Commodores team that doesn’t do much of anything too well on either side of the football, this one should be out of hand by halftime, and fans should get an extended look at backup quarterback Emory Jones and other less experienced players on the roster.
Florida wins another blowout and is one step closer to clinching an SEC East title when the dust settles on Saturday.
Prediction: Florida 55, Vanderbilt 3
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