LSU Drops to No. 11 After Beating No. 23 Texas A&M 35-6 — Did AP Voters Get It Wrong?
LSU entered Saturday ranked No. 10, beat No. 23 Texas A&M 35-6, and somehow fell one spot to No. 11 in Sunday’s AP Top 25. BYU, which did not play, sits five voting points ahead of LSU at No. 10. Ole Miss lost 52-28 to Florida but remains No. 9 after beating LSU head-to-head one week earlier. KSAT
TigerHype Staff take: I understand rewarding head-to-head results, so keeping Ole Miss ahead of LSU is defensible. The harder part to understand is LSU dropping after dismantling a ranked SEC opponent while several teams around it lost. The rankings clearly value the Ole Miss loss heavily.
Forget preseason reputation — where should LSU actually be ranked today? Give us your number and the teams directly ahead of LSU you would move below the Tigers.
Relevant TigerHype link: LSU Football Rankings 2026: AP Top 25 & Playoff Tracker