Vanderbilt football had plenty of concerns from its performance against Ball State, but Diego Pavia wasn't one of them.

In the preseason, The Tennessean projected a 4-8 record for Vanderbilt. That seems likely to miss the mark. Here's a re-prediction of the Commodores' remaining six games: This score may seem low, but Vanderbilt's strategy of playing slow and chewing clock tends to keep scores − and margin of victory − down with the number of possessions limited.

Vanderbilt football is ranked for the first time in over a decade. The Commodores (5-2, 2-1 SEC) were ranked No. 25 in the US LBM Coaches Poll released Sunday. Vanderbilt was last ranked in the final poll of the 2013 season after winning the Compass Bowl in January 2014,