The No. 5 Texas Longhorns escaped Nashville, Tennessee, in Week 9, squeezing out a 27-24 victory over the No. 25 Vanderbilt Commodores.
Despite the Longhorns heading into the game as a 17.5-point favorite, per ESPN BET , the Commodores were knocking at the door.
Vanderbilt had already beaten No. 1 Alabama earlier in the year, so there was certainly pressure on Texas not to make the same mistake…