
There are upsets, there are big upsets, there are transcendent upsets, and then there is what took place in Nashville on Saturday afternoon.
Defying history and logic, Vanderbilt topped No. 1 Alabama 40–35 in perhaps college football's biggest at-face-value shocker since Appalachian State beat Michigan in 2007. The win came just a week after the Crimson Tide beat No. 2 Georgia, and three weeks after the Commodores lost at Georgia State.