TUSCALOOSA, Ala. \u2014 Ty Simpson threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, leading No. 10 Alabama to a 30-14 victory over No. 16 Vanderbilt on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Simpson overcame an early interception to complete 23-of-30 passes, finding Germie Bernard and Ryan Williams for touchdowns. Jam Miller ran for 136 yards and a touchdown for the Crimson Tide (4-1, 2-0 SEC).<\/p>\n
Diego Pavia threw for 183 yards and ran for 58 for Vanderbilt (5-1, 1-1), but threw an interception and lost a fumble. Sedrick Alexander had a 65-yard touchdown run.<\/p>\n
Alabama converted all four of its trips into the red zone in points, while Pavia\u2019s two turnovers left Vanderbilt without points in two critical situations. Vanderbilt\u2019s running game that totaled 126 yards on 12.7 yards per carry in the first half was limited to just nine rushing yards in the second half.<\/p>\n
The Takeaway<\/p>\n
Alabama\u2019s win certainly wasn\u2019t perfect but the Tide should be pleased with consecutive wins over top-20 opponents. Simpson remains among the top of the SEC in terms of quarterback play with another game above a 75% completion rate, his third in four games. Defensively, two turnovers forced in the red zone were game-altering plays.<\/p>\n
Vanderbilt\u2019s run game showed it can be productive, but the Commodores need to find answers throwing the ball downfield to be a serious SEC contender.<\/p>\n
Poll implications<\/p>\n
Alabama\u2019s win, coupled with losses by No. 7 Penn State and No. 9 Florida, should propel the Tide to a higher ranking in the next AP poll. Vanderbilt could slip some, but likely not out of the Top 25 with a competitive loss on the road.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Vanderbilt gets a week off before hosting No. 13 LSU on Oct. 18.<\/p>\n
Alabama travels to No. 19 Missouri next Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUSCALOOSA, Ala. \u2014 Ty Simpson threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, leading No. 10 Alabama to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-202427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}