Tennessee’s final home game of the season brings LSU to Knoxville for one of the marquee SEC matchups on the calendar.
The Vols enter ranked No. 8 in the CFP’s latest rankings and are all but locked into the playoff field. LSU, meanwhile, is trying to claw its way back into the picture, but the Tigers already have three losses and would need a lot of help to make a run at a spot in the playoffs in Lane Kiffin’s first season. A win at Tennessee would at least give LSU something to hang onto.
This series has leaned Tennessee’s way most recently. The Vols rolled to a 40-13 win in 2022, ending a five-game winning streak for LSU in the matchup.
For fans heading to Neyland Stadium, tickets are on sale now through StubHub. The current get-in price is $365 for upper sideline seats. Midfield tickets are listed at $650, and club seats start at $1,300.
Kickoff is set for Saturday, Nov. 21 at 3:30 p.m. ET in Knoxville, TN.
Tennessee’s schedule has included wins over Furman, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Auburn, Arkansas, Alabama and Kentucky, with losses to Texas and South Carolina. The Vols also have a Nov. 14 road game at Texas A&M at 3 p.m., then close the regular season at Vanderbilt on Nov. 28.
LSU has wins over Clemson, Louisiana Tech, Texas A&M, McNeese, Mississippi State and Auburn, along with losses to Ole Miss, Kentucky and Alabama. The Tigers host Texas on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. before traveling to Tennessee and then Arkansas to finish the regular season.
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Auburns Arizona Loss May Have Changed Steven Pearls Rotation
Auburns 80-69 loss to Arizona did more than snap the nations best non-conference home winning streak. It also may have nudged Steven Pearl toward a different look in his rotation, with Thomas Dowd leading the Tigers in scoring and minutes while Owen Freeman logged important run during the most meaningful stretches of the game. Even in defeat, Auburn found some individual bright spots, but the overall performance was uneven enough to raise questions about how the frontcourt minutes should be distributed moving forward.
Foul trouble and shooting issues made the night harder to sort out than a typical early-season setback, and Arizona took advantage of the openings. For Auburn, the bigger takeaway may be less about the final margin than about which combinations held up when the game tightened, and which ones did not. Pearl now has a little more evidence to weigh as the Tigers move ahead, especially if he wants a rotation that can better survive the kind of pressure Arizona brought to Neville Arena. [Read more 🡒]
Auburns Mississippi State Trip Just Got Tougher Before Early Kickoff
Auburns Week 11 trip to Mississippi State has turned into a little more of a grind than planned, with the Tigers set to bus to Starkville because of a nationwide FAA ground stop that has disrupted flights. The original plan called for the team to fly out of Columbus and then continue by bus from Tupelo, but the travel change adds another wrinkle to a road game already built around an early start.
Coach Alex Golesh addressed the challenge of getting his team ready for an 11 a.m. kickoff after an early morning ride, and for Auburn the focus now shifts to keeping the routine as normal as possible on a day that will not feel normal at all. There have been no indications the game will be postponed or canceled, so the Tigers are simply adjusting and moving forward with a tougher-than-expected travel day. [Read more 🡒]
Auburn Showed Real Promise But One Problem Will Follow This Team
Auburn left plenty to like in its 80-69 loss to No. 12 Arizona, even if the final score still sent the Tigers home with their first blemish of the season. The defense was active and disruptive, piling up 13 blocks and 12 steals, and the bench gave the team a real lift with 34 points, nearly half of Auburns total.
The problem was the kind that can undo good stretches against quality opponents: turnovers, fouls and missed free throws. Auburn showed it can defend and get production beyond the starters, but until the Tigers clean up the mistakes that kept giving Arizona extra chances, the margin for error against ranked teams will stay thin. [Read more 🡒]