With the kick, Fuller became the first female to play in a Southeastern Conference football game. Fuller, a senior, became the first woman to play in a Power 5 football game with a kickoff against Missouri on Nov. 28. Her gender-breaking accomplishment was a glimmer of inspiration amid the darkness of a pandemic. The Los Angeles Dodgers kept the trend going at the end of a pandemic-shortened baseball season, earning their first World Series title since 1988. “We never stopped," World Series MVP Corey Seager said.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt is negotiating a deal with Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea to make the former Commodores player its new head coach. The 38-year-old Lea is a Nashville native who played baseball at Birmingham-Southern and Belmont before walking on as a fullback at Vanderbilt, where he played from 2002-04. He started coaching at UCLA and also has coached at South Dakota State, Bowling Green, Syracuse and Wake Forest. The Fighting Irish made the College Football Playoff in 2018 behind a defense that ranked eighth in the nation in yards allowed per play (4.53). ___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

18 Penn State was upset by Indiana so instead of returning to Happy Valley to host No. 3 Ohio State with an unbeaten record, the Nittany Lions are trying to avoid going 0-2 for the first time since 2013. No Big Ten team has tested Ohio State in recent years like Penn State, though the Nittany Lions haven't actually beaten the Buckeyes since 2016. 3 Ohio State at No. Can they disturb Justin Fields, who was near perfect last week for Ohio State?

(AP Photo/Thomas Graning)The Southeastern Conference has had to postpone two games in the last three days because of positive COVID-19 tests. Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason is going through a similar situation. To play, the SEC requires at least 53 on game days. Timing is critical depending on the day of the week a positive test or tracing result returns. “Every time you’re taking a test," Mason said, “you're crossing your fingers ... you don't have anybody in harm's way."

Ke'Shawn Vaughn #5 of the Vanderbilt Commodores runs the ball as Derrick Barnes #55 of the Purdue Boilermakers closes in for the tackle at Ross-Ade Stadium on September 7, 2019 in West Lafayette, Indiana. LINE: Vanderbilt -14.5Riley Neal, a grad transfer from Ball State, has started the first five game for the Commodores after edging out junior Deuce Wallace in the preseason. ABOUT VANDERBILT (1-4)Wallace's running ability could add another dimension to a Commodores offense that ranks last in the SEC in scoring offense (19.6 points per game), total offense (345.4 yards), rushing offense (115.6 yards) and third-down conversion rate (27 percent). This is the first meeting between UNLV and Vanderbilt. PREDICTION: Vanderbilt 37, UNLV 13More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Ke'Shawn Vaughn #5 of the Vanderbilt Commodores runs the ball as Derrick Barnes #55 of the Purdue Boilermakers closes in for the tackle at Ross-Ade Stadium on September 7, 2019 in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Huskies opened the season with a victory over Illinois State but gave up 79 points in back-to-back losses to No. ABOUT NORTHERN ILLINOIS (1-2)Senior quarterback Ross Bowers, who transferred from Cal, has passed for 776 yards through three games with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Neal faced Northern Illinois twice while at Ball State in 2016 and 2018, completing 55-of-96 passes for 536 yards and no touchdowns in a pair of losses. PREDICTION: Vanderbilt 27, Northern Illinois 17More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

"A good football team improves every week, and we've got to take the next step this week to get to where we want to go," Orgeron told reporters. We ran into one at Northwestern State the first half. "Very pleased with the play of Joe Burrow," Orgeron told reporters. "It's chemistry and timing," Mason told reporters. PREDICTION: LSU 45, Vanderbilt 13More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.