Georgia Tech knocked off two Top 10 teams while Vanderbilt toppled then-No. 1 Alabama. The two opponents in Friday's Birmingham Bowl have each taken highly ranked teams into multiple overtimes. They're also led by mobile quarterbacks who throw few interceptions.

The 2024-25 college football postseason continues on Thursday, Dec. 27 with Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt meeting in the Birmingham Bowl. This game takes place at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala. This is the 39th all-time meeting between the Yellow Jackets and Commodores on the gridiron. Georgia Tech holds a 20-15-3 series edge.

6 Years since Vanderbilt played in a bowl. The Commodores lost to Baylor 45-38 in the Texas Bowl on Dec. 27, 2018, in their most recent bowl. Vanderbilt has a 4-4-1 bowl record, including a 41-24 victory over Houston in Birmingham’s bowl on Jan. 4, 2014, which is the Commodores’ most recent bowl victory.