Southeastern 16 previews the Missouri-at-Vanderbilt contest, which will be the ESPN Game Day selection for Saturday. Vanderbilt is a 2 1/2-point favorite on FanDuel on Monday in a game televised at 2:30 Central on Saturday on ESPN. Topics include:

Both teams are College Football Playoff contenders, making this a huge game for each team. Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia has been a two-way wizard and led the Commodores to a win over No. 10 LSU last week. Missouri’s Bo Pribula has had struggles with accuracy and turnovers lately, negating some of the play-making ability that Kevin Coleman Jr., Marquis Johnson and Brett Norfleet offer downfield.

The Tigers will need to get All-American candidate Ahmad Hardy Jr. going in the run game. Vanderbilt used tight ends Cole Spence and Eli Stowers effectively against LSU and has some speed at receiver, too. Vanderbilt’s offensive line mashed LSU in the second half of last week’s win. But running back Sedrick Alexander also exited the game before returning due to injury last week.

Missouri’s defense has played at an elite level thanks to a great front seven led by Zion Young. Vanderbilt’s defense isn’t filled with big-name players, but the Commodores have generated 22 sacks and were in the face of LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier all last week. The Commodores have an edge at special teams, thanks in no small part to kicker Brock Taylor, while a kicking injury to Blake Craig in the opener has haunted the Tigers all season.

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