LSU doesn’t have to suit up on Saturday, but Tigers fans still have plenty to watch.
With a bye week landing on Halloween, LSU is sitting out while a handful of SEC games could still shape the Tigers’ path in the College Football Playoff race. LSU is still very much alive, and with three ranked opponents left on the schedule, the Tigers are in decent shape to keep building a resume. But in a conference packed with two-loss teams, every result around them matters.
The biggest headache on the board comes with Ole Miss. LSU needs the Rebels to keep losing, but there’s also a catch: the Tigers already lost to them, so Ole Miss still needs to look like a threat.
The ideal setup would be an Ole Miss win this weekend and then a loss next week to Georgia. Since that’s far from guaranteed, there’s a slight lean toward Auburn knocking them down now.
Georgia and Florida is another one worth watching closely. The Bulldogs have just one loss, while Florida sits in that same two-loss SEC cluster as LSU.
A Florida upset would give the Gators a strong case in an at-large discussion against the Tigers. On the flip side, a Georgia win would at least push the Bulldogs into that two-loss group, which helps LSU’s positioning too.
In Oklahoma vs. South Carolina, the rooting interest is simple: Gamecocks. LSU doesn’t have a head-to-head edge over either team, so the Tigers just need Oklahoma to take a third SEC loss.
Texas against Mississippi State brings a clearer preference. LSU wants Texas to keep looking strong from here on out, with the Tigers hoping they’re the team that hands the Longhorns their third SEC loss later in the year. Mississippi State’s win over Texas doesn’t carry much weight in LSU’s favor anyway, and with Kamario Taylor out for the year, there’s not much reason to expect that result to help the Tigers.
Then there’s Arkansas vs. Missouri, which also matters for LSU’s own schedule.
The Tigers still have Arkansas left on the calendar, so a Razorbacks win would make that eventual matchup look better. It would also drop Missouri to three losses.
That makes it a clean win-win for LSU fans.
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