LSU’s path took a sharp hit Tuesday night.
The Tigers slid seven places to No. 21 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, a drop that came after last Saturday’s 31-13 loss to Alabama in Tiger Stadium. LSU had opened the first rankings at No. 14, but the defeat sent the Tigers tumbling in the committee’s second release.
Alabama, meanwhile, jumped to No. 3 after the win.
LSU is still hanging around the playoff picture with three regular-season games left, and the schedule gives the Tigers a couple of chances to make a real statement. First up is a home date with No.
6 Texas this Saturday. After that, LSU heads to Knoxville to meet No.
8 Tennessee on November 21, then closes the regular season at Arkansas on November 28.
The Tigers will probably need to run the table and get some help elsewhere if they want a shot at the expanded College Football Playoff.
Here’s the full CFP rankings released Nov. 10:
- Georgia (8-1)
- Utah (9-0)
- Alabama (7-2)
- UCLA (9-0)
- Notre Dame (8-1)
- Texas (7-2)
- Miami (8-1)
- Tennessee (7-2)
- Indiana (8-1)
- BYU (7-2)
- Kentucky (7-2)
- Texas Tech (8-1)
- Wake Forest (8-1)
- Houston (7-2)
- Iowa (7-2)
- Oregon (6-3)
- South Carolina (6-3)
- USC (7-2)
- Ole Miss (6-3)
- Ohio State (6-3)
- LSU (6-3)
- Missouri (6-3)
- Arizona (7-2)
- Boise State (8-1)
- Oklahoma State (6-3)
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