Vanderbilt and Missouri square off in one of the SEC’s three ranked-on-ranked matchups as college football’s Week 9 action kicks off, so let’s lock in our final

See our predictions, picks for Vanderbilt football's matchup with Missouri as Diego Pavia plays at FirstBank Stadium with "College GameDay" in town.

The Commodores took Missouri to two overtimes last season and they're favored as they return home to Nashville. They're coming off of a 31-24 win against LSU, which was their second triumph against a top-15 team -- LSU ranked 10th entering the Week 8 slate -- this season. Vanderbilt is also undefeated at home.

Missouri doesn't need to win in a shootout. They just need to be themselves, create long drives, protect Beau Pribula and finish in the red zone instead of settling. Vanderbilt has allowed touchdowns on 60% of red-zone trips, and Missouri has scored on nearly 70% of theirs. That difference in short-field execution can flip the game.