Now, after a month away from Austin, Steve Sarkisian and his team will return to the Forty Acres in a top-20 showdown against the Vanderbilt Commodores, one of the best stories in the sport this year. Prepared to be without Arch Manning potentially, can Matthew Caldwell lead the Longhorns to an upset and keep their season alive?

In the loss to Florida in The Swamp, Caldwell helped jump start the final drive down eight points. After Manning took a sack and lost his helmet, the Troy transfer entered the game and delivered a strike to sophomore wide receiver Ryan Wingo for 26 yards.

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For week 10 of college football, the No. 20 Texas Longhorns will face off against the No. 9 Vanderbilt Commodores at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

After a wild Week 9 brought another round of big coaching changes in college football, it's time to shift our attention forward to Week 10 with some early predictions for this week's biggest games.  The Week 10 slate features a trio of ranked matchups and some of the nation's best getting important tests in conference play.

Texas fans might see more of Caldwell in their next matchup against the Vanderbilt Commodores, as Texas coach Steve Sarkisian gave an update on Manning during his weekly Monday morning news conference.

This season, Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia has emerged as one of college football's top quarterbacks. As Texas coach Steve Sarkisian put it Monday, "Obviously, the quarterback is the tip of the spear."

It was a Saturday of survival across the college football landscape. Ranked teams such as Alabama, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, BYU, Texas and Virginia outlasted daunting challenges to either solidify their positions or move up in the new Associated Press Top 25,