AP Spotlight Top 25 Extra Points: Breakthrough win at South Carolina makes No. 20 Commodores hungry for more ERIC OLSON Associated Press Sep 16, 2025 Sep 16, 2025 Updated Mar 21, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vanderbilt checked a big item off its to-do list by beating South Carolina, and there's still more work to do.kAm%96 r@>>@5@C6D 2C6 b\_ 7@C E96 7:CDE E:>6 D:?46 a_`f 2?5 H6C6 C6H2C565 7@C E96:C b`\f H:? @G6C E96 v2>64@4<D H:E9 2 }@] a_ C2?<:?8 :? $F?52JVD pDD@4:2E65 !C6DD %@A ad]k^AmkAm{:<6 =2DE J62C[ H96? E96:C FAD6E @7 2 E@A\C2?<65 p=232>2 9:89=:89E65 2 e\b DE2CE[ E96 r@>>@5@C6D 2C6 368:??:?8 E@ 962C E96 <:?5 @7 E9:?8D 7C@> E96 AF3=:4 E92E 42? >2<6 2 A=2J6CVD 9625 86E E@@ 3:8 7@C 9:D 96=>6E]k^Am kAm%96 3C62<E9C@F89D <66A 92AA6?:?8 7@C r=2C< {62[ H9@ 8C6H FA :? }2D9G:==6 2?5 A=2J65 EH@ D62D@?D 2E '2?5J :? E96 62C=J a___D H96? 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Football Texas A&M jumps to No. 10 in the AP Top 25; Notre Dame is the 0-2 team in poll since 1988 ERIC OLSON Associated Press
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