A federal judge granted Diego Pavia’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing the quarterback to play the 2025 season and told the NCAA the organization cannot take any action against Vanderbilt or any other university that Pavia plays a fifth season for next year.

Besides first-round games at on-campus sites, the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff also serves up something now for this postseason: cold-weather northern venues as opposed to bowl games in warm, sunny climates.

Oregon is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week.

The Southeastern Conference’s biggest shakeups haven’t come courtesy of newcomers Oklahoma and Texas so far, but from more unlikely culprits.

Longtime Associated Press Top 25 voter Kirk Bohls of the Houston Chronicle said this week's ballot was the most difficult he's had to fill out.

Vanderbilt’s stunning upset of No. 1 Alabama that led to crazed fans marching the goal posts through the streets of Nashville was just the appetizer.

The Vanderbilt Commodores have beaten a No. 1 team in football.

Georgia wide receiver Rodarius “Rara” Thomas has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest on charges of cruelty to children and battery, adding to the team’s recent legal woes.

Four players are back from the 2021 North Carolina State team that was sent home from the College World Series because of a COVID-19 outbreak.

Carson Beck threw for 261 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score as top-ranked Georgia shook off both an early kickoff and losing star tight end Brock Bowers to a left foot injury before halftime in beating Vanderbilt 37-20 Saturday.

Preseason All-American tight end Brock Bowers hurt his left foot midway through the second quarter Saturday against Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being accused of violating the privacy of its transgender clinic patients by turning their records over to Tennsessee’s attorney general.

Freshman Brandon Miller scored 30 points as the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide beat Vanderbilt 78-66 Tuesday night for their seventh straight victory two days after a teammate was charged with capital murder.

Mike Wright completed an 8-yard touchdown pass to Will Sheppard with 32 seconds left for a 24-21 win over Kentucky and snap a 26-game Southeastern Conference losing streak.

Alabama has mostly breezed through the first month of the season, with one big scare and three games that were frightfully but predictably easy.

A Michigan resident goes down in history winning the largest prize ever from a scratch-off ticket, winning $6 million from Michigan Lottery’s new $300,000,000 Diamond Riches game.

A Michigan resident goes down in history winning the largest prize ever from a scratch-off ticket, winning $6 million from Michigan Lottery’s new $300,000,000 Diamond Riches game.

Former Vanderbilt ace right-hander Kumar Rocker returned to the mound with the Tri-City ValleyCats of the independent Class A Frontier League.

Michigan football has officially hired Jesse Minter to replace Mike Macdonald as defensive coordinator.

Michigan football is hiring Vanderbilt defensive coordinator Jesse Minter to replace Mike Macdonald in the same position, according to multiple reports.

South Carolina, Stanford, North Carolina State and Tennessee would be the top seeds if the women’s NCAA Tournament began today.

Missouri's Tyler Badie is the only player in the country to run for at least 200 yards in four different games in a season.

JT Daniels threw for 121 yards and two touchdowns playing only the first quarter as No. 2 Georgia dominated Vanderbilt 62-0 Saturday in the Bulldogs’ biggest win in a series that started in 1893.

The New York Mets have failed to sign their top pick from last month’s amateur draft, Vanderbilt pitcher Kumar Rocker, over concern about his medical scans.

Two Michigan men were arrested after selling methamphetamine and heroin to undercover narcotics officials, according to authorities.

A year after Major League Baseball limited its draft amid the chaos of COVID-19, it’s set to host a revamped event as part of All-Star festivities in Denver.

Will Bednar and Landon Sims combined on a one-hitter, Mississippi State scored early and built on its lead, and the Bulldogs won their first national championship with a 9-0 victory over Vanderbilt in the deciding third game of the College World Series finals.

Houston Harding and Preston Johnson combined on a four-hitter and Mississippi State capitalized on struggling Vanderbilt pitching in a 13-2 victory that forced a third and deciding game in the College World Series finals.

It will be an all-SEC College Word Series finals pitting Vanderbilt against Mississippi State.

Tanner Leggett’s single in the bottom of the ninth inning scored the tiebreaking run, and Mississippi State advanced to the College World Series finals with a 4-3 victory over Texas.

North Carolina State baseball players who were one win away from playing for a national championship reacted with anger and confusion to their team’s removal from the College World Series because of COVID-19 protocols.

Kumar Rocker struck out 11 in six innings and Vanderbilt won 3-1 at the College World Series against a North Carolina State team without half its roster because of COVID-19 issues.

Vanderbilt will advance to the College World Series finals after North Carolina State was forced to drop out because of COVID-19 protocols.

Spencer Jones scored on Brendan Beck’s wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to keep Vanderbilt alive in the College World Series with a 6-5 walk-off victory over Stanford.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s scathing rebuke of the NCAA and its rules this week included suggestions on how college sports can be reformed to avoid being sued into oblivion.

Jayson Gonzalez singled through the infield with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th inning to give Vanderbilt a 7-6 win over Arizona in the College World Series.

Reigning national champion Vanderbilt and Stanford swept their NCAA super regionals and became the first teams to lock up spots in the College World Series.

Vanderbilt’s Kumar Rocker and Stanford’s Brendan Beck turned in dominant pitching performances in NCAA super regionals to put their teams a win away from College World Series.

John Calipari is awaiting a pivotal ruling on the eligibility of transfers before he will know who’ll be around to help the Wildcats bounce back from the coach's first losing season in Lexington.

Vanderbilt has hired Shea Ralph away from UConn to help revive the Commodores’ struggling women’s basketball program.

(Joe Howell/Vanderbilt University Athletics via AP)Top draft prospect Jack Leiter pitched a nine-inning no-hitter with 16 strikeouts for Vanderbilt on Saturday, retiring his final 27 batters. Leiter, the son of 19-year big league pitcher Al Leiter, walked Braylen Wimmer to lead off the game but was perfect the rest of the way in a 5-0 victory over South Carolina. Leiter's no-hitter was the first for Vanderbilt since teammate Kumar Rocker dominated Duke as a freshman in the 2019 Super Regionals. Rocker and Leiter are considered the top pitching prospects for Major League Baseball's 2021 draft. Rocker struck out 14 Gamecocks in a 3-2 win Friday night and has an 0.58 ERA.

The result was familiar, if not the methodology: another Crimson Tide win. 8 Alabama came from behind to beat Vanderbilt 82-78 Saturday and move a step closer to a Southeastern Conference championship. Quinerly scored 15 points for the Tide, who made just 10 of 39 3-point attempts (25.6%). Alex Reese scored 10 points while Keon Ellis had eight points and nine rebounds, including a pair of free throws with 28 seconds left. Alabama overcame low scoring from Petty (six points) and Herb Jones (eight before fouling out).

___George Washington’s men’s basketball team is postponing two upcoming Atlantic 10 games after head coach Jamion Christian tested positive for COVID-19. ___The Kennesaw State women’s volleyball team called off the first two games of its spring season because of positive COVID-19 tests. The league says the postponement is because of a combination of positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining inside the Vanderbilt program. ___Rutgers women’s basketball has postponed home games on Thursday against Penn State and Sunday against Iowa. Rutgers has not announced any recent positive tests, but it cannot play because of protocols outlining a return to competition after positive COVID-19 tests among Tier 1 individuals.

4 UConn says it also must reschedule Wednesday’s women’s basketball game against Seton Hall. The Villanova game was postponed because the Wildcats also are dealing with COVID-19 issues within their women’s basketball program. ___Richmond’s men’s basketball team has paused team activities in response to the results from the latest COVID-19 testing and contact tracing. ___The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Tuesday that the Syracuse women’s basketball game at Georgia Tech on Thursday has been postponed. ___The women’s basketball game between No.

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The University at Albany women’s basketball game scheduled for Dec. 23 against Siena has been postponed. ___UNLV has canceled its home basketball game against Pepperdine on Monday after a positive COVID-19 test. 10 Georgia has been canceled with the Commodores falling below both the number of scholarship players available and position requirements. The school had paused basketball activities last Tuesday and canceled its home game with Wofford scheduled for last Thursday. South Carolina’s next scheduled game is at home against South Carolina State on Dec. 23.

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

Vanderbilt's Sarah Fuller (32) kicks an extra point as Harrison Smith holds during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Tennessee, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sarah Fuller has a football keepsake from her history-making moment. The ball from her second extra point likely is headed to the College Football Hall of Fame. “This whole time has been if I can do it, if I’m good enough to do it,” Fuller said. Fuller, listed second out of three available kickers on the depth chart, came out for the extra point that tied the game at 7 with 1:50 left in the first quarter. Vanderbilt: The Commodores' best chance in their final home game this season was for the offense to stay on the field.

Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller walks along the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Tennessee, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sarah Fuller became the first woman to score in a Power Five conference football game, cleanly kicking a pair of extra points for Vanderbilt in a 42-17 loss to Tennessee on Saturday. Listed second out of three available kickers on the depth chart, Fuller came out to try the extra point. No woman before Fuller had appeared in an SEC game or for any Power Five team. Liz Heaston became the first woman to score in college football with two extra points for Willamette of NAIA on Oct. 18, 1997. Katie Hnida was the first woman to score at the Football Bowl Subdivision level with two extra points for New Mexico on Aug. 30, 2003.

Patterson)The Southeastern Conference has announced a revamped schedule for Dec. 12 and Dec. 19, including Vanderbilt's game at No. The rescheduled games announced Friday were made necessary following postponements due to the SEC's COVID-19 protocols. This week, 12 of 56 games scheduled were postponed or canceled. Among other games on the new Dec. 19 schedule, the same day as the SEC championship game, are Texas A&M at Tennessee, rescheduled from Nov. 14. The Vanderbilt-Georgia and Texas A&M-Tennessee games would not be played if the Bulldogs and Aggies, respectively, qualify for the SEC championship game.

(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."

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher, left, talks with quarterback Kellen Mond (11) during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

including the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, highlights the fifth week of the college football season. 4 Georgia on Saturday night as the second month of the season starts, but only the second week of SEC play. The first of three games that decide the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy might have sneaked up on college football fans. The Falcons will play six conference games to go along with Navy and Army. ___Follow Ralph D. Russo at https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP and listen at http://www.westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/ap-top-25-college-football-podcast/___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

OSTEGO COUNTY, Mich. – A man from northern Michigan is accused of sexually assaulting a child then locking himself in a house with a gun during a standoff with police. According to officials, a child’s parents contacted Michigan State Police on March 21 and said the child had been sexually assaulted. Police interviewed the child then obtained arrest warrants for Doyle. According to police, Doyle allegedly locked himself in the basement with .22 caliber handgun. Doyle is being held in the Otsege County Jail on a $1,000,000 bond.

11 Florida looks to bounce back from last weeks high-profile loss when the Gators host Vanderbilt on Saturday. LINE: Florida -26.5The Gators cant afford another loss after dropping two of their last three, including a 24-17 defeat versus Georgia last week. The defense played well against Missouri but was back to its typical struggles last week, giving up 440 total yards. ABOUT FLORIDA (7-2, 4-2)The Gators passing game has flourished since Kyle Trask took over following Feleipe Franks injury. Florida (403.9) is averaging more than 400 total yards through nine games for the first time since 2009.

COLUMBIA, S.C. When looking to bounce back from a bad loss, there arent many teams South Carolina would rather line up against than Vanderbilt. LINE: South Carolina -15.5South Carolina is coming off an embarrassing 41-21 loss at Tennessee, especially considering it came just two weeks after the Gamecocks stunned Georgia between the hedges. The offense could be potent if Hasan can boost the passing game to complement star running back KeShawn Vaughn (100.4 yards per game, 6 TDs). The defense has been solid against the run, for the most part, but was gashed for 351 passing yards by a previously punchless Tennessee offense last week. PREDICTION: South Carolina 24, Vanderbilt 20

Jake Fromm #11 of the Georgia Bulldogs reacts after a touchdown against the South Carolina Gamecocks during their game at Williams-Brice Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Columbia, South Carolina. The Bulldogs now open a three-game homestand with games against Murray State and Arkansas State preceding a Sept. 21 showdown with No. Bulldogs senior K Rodrigo Blankenship finished 3-for-3 on field-goal attempts, including a 50-yarder, earning SEC special teams player of the week. Georgia junior OT Andrew Thomas won SEC offensive lineman of the week, and as a group the offensive line did not give up a sack. PREDICTION: Georgia 59, Murray State 3More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Justin Fields #1 of the Georgia Bulldogs passes against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on September 15, 2018 at Sanford Stadiuym in Athens, Georgia. Vanderbilt returns senior TE Jared Pinkney, who caught 50 passes for 774 yards and seven touchdowns a season ago. Georgia senior K Rodrigo Blankenship made 19-of-23 field-goal attempts last season and begins 2019 with 154 consecutive made extra points. The Bulldogs have won 21 of the past 24 meetings with Vanderbilt, including a 41-13 rout at home last season. PREDICTION: Georgia 37, Vanderbilt 14More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. The Michigan baseball team's magical College World Series run came to an end Wednesday as the Wolverines fell to Vanderbilt in the national championship series. After taking Game 1 of the best-of-three series, the Wolverines ran out of gas, dropping Game 2 4-1 and Game 3 8-2. Starter Karl Kauffmann didn't have it for Michigan, allowing five runs on five walks and three hits. For Michigan, the season will be remembered for the magical run that set up this championship series. In the College World Series, the Wolverines stormed to the finals, beating No.

After a tough loss to Vanderbilt the Wolverine's are heading into a deciding game three at the College World Series in Omaha.

(Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The Michigan baseball team will play one final game Wednesday with a national championship on the line. The Wolverines fell to Vanderbilt 4-1 in Tuesday's Game 2 with a chance to clinch the championship and finish the CWS a perfect 5-0. Kumar Rocker was the hero for Vanderbilt in Game 2, allowing just one run -- which scored after he left the game -- in 6.1 innings. READ: Here's why Michigan didn't use best starting pitchers in Game 2It'll be all hands on deck in the decisive third game. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)With Rocker unavailable and Game 1 starter Drake Fellows likely out after throwing 114 pitches Monday, Vanderbilt will turn to starter Mason Hickman for Game 3.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Michigan baseball will be without star leadoff hitter Jordan Nwogu for the final game against No. READ: Here's why Michigan baseball didn't use best starting pitchers in Game 2The sophomore designated hitter came up hobbling in the bottom of the third inning Tuesday while trying to run out a ground ball. A Michigan Wolverines coach tends to Jordan Nwogu, who injured his leg during the Division I Men's Baseball Championship held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on June 25, 2019, in Omaha, Nebraska. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)Bakich announced after the game that Nwogu has a quad strain. https://t.co/1Rjr7trAMy Jordan Nwogu (@jg500087) June 26, 2019Nwogu had at least one hit in 10 of Michigan's 11 NCAA Touranment games before Tuesday.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. The Michigan baseball team will play one final game Wednesday with a national championship on the line. The Wolverines fell to Vanderbilt 4-1 in Tuesday's Game 2 with a chance to clinch the championship and finish the CWS a perfect 5-0. Kumar Rocker was the hero for Vanderbilt in Game 2, allowing just one run -- which scored after he left the game -- in 6.1 innings. READ: Here's why Michigan didn't use best starting pitchers in Game 2It'll be all hands on deck in the decisive third game. Kauffmann threw 100 pitches Friday against Texas Tech, so Bakich will likely have to switch to Criswell midway through the game.

DETROIT - Here's what is coming up on Local 4 News at 11:Parking lot incidentA customer clinged to the hood of a car to stop shoplifters in a Lowe's parking lot. Michigan baseballThe Michigan Wolverines hopes of bringing home the championship trophy in a sweep ended when Vanderbilt beat them in Omaha. Failure resumeWhen people write resumes, they usually focus on showcasing their successes and achievements, but research indicates there could be some benefit to putting thought into your failures. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Redshirt freshman Isaiah Paige will start for Michigan baseball Tuesday in Game 2 of the national championship series against Vanderbilt. Paige, a right-hander, hasn't pitched since June 8, a Michigan loss to No. After redshirting in 2018, Paige had a strong first season for Michigan, posting a 2.98 ERA in 48.1 innings. In three NCAA Tournament games, he's allowed four earned runs on five hits and four walks in 5.1 innings, striking out three batters. Freshman star Kumar Rocker, also right-handed, will start for Vanderbilt.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. The Michigan baseball team is one win away from a national championship after starter Tommy Henry tossed another gem Monday against No. Coming off a complete game shutout with 10 strikeouts against Florida State in his first College World Series start, Henry faced an even taller task in the first game of the national championship series. He'll likely start Tuesday against Vanderbilt phenom Kumar Rocker with a chance to polish off Michigan's magical NCAA Tournament run with a championship. Michigan got contributions up and down the lineup, as has been the case since the tournament began. 4 overall pick in the 2019 MLB draft, J.J. Bleday, hit a home run for Vanderbilt, but the Commodores couldn't get much going against Henry.