The rule from the SEC is that each team must have 53 scholarship players in order to field a team. However, this doesn't include a kicker. Vanderbilt has had kicking trouble all season long.
The Crimson Tide will play an eight-match, conference only regular season spanning eight weeks on the calendar. Each school will play all six of its divisional opponents along with two cross-divisional games with the season set to kick off on Sept. 19.