Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt plays Southeastern Conference football and leads the conference in the rankings that have nothing to do with football, a contradiction the SEC lived with for decades until 2024, when the Commodores beat number-one Alabama at FirstBank Stadium and the student section carried the goalposts down to the Cumberland River. The mascot is Mr. Commodore, named for founder Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was one himself. Anchor Down. Black and gold, on the bottle.