There’s a reason why, when Homecoming first became a thing, colleges and universities (and, well, high schools) scheduled it on the weekend of a home football game. If you’re going to invite alumni back to campus to relive memories of their time at the school, it might as well be on a weekend when the football team is playing at home, because there’s a good chance that your best memories of college involved football. Hell, even Sewanee schedules Homecoming on the weekend of a home football game.
Vanderbilt has scheduled its homecoming this year for October 11-13, the weekend of the Florida game.