It's going to be an uphill battle, but an improved Vanderbilt team would have a reasonable shot at six wins and getting to a bowl game for the first time since 2013.
Derek Mason's first year at Vanderbilt produced a vast quantity of horrifying images (Stephen Rivers, anyone?) and some considerable improvements, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, still led to only a 4-8 record -- albeit one that included a pair of two-point losses and a coulda/shoulda/woulda game at South Carolina. There were really only three games last season in which the Commodores were truly uncompetitive (granted, it's not a good sign that all three of those came late in the season.