LSU Tumbles To No. 22 After OT Loss At A.P.-Unranked Kentucky

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor

The LSU football team is the lowest ranked Southeastern Conference team in the Associated Press top 25 poll released Sunday after losing to A.P.-unranked Kentucky, 35-34, in overtime on the road Saturday night.

The Tigers (4-2, 1-2 SEC) fell from No. 10 to No. 22 after their sloppy loss, which featured a critical fumble by quarterback Sam Leavitt, seven penalties for 50 yards, a porous defense at critical times and a special teams unit that allowed a 55-yard punt return for a touchdown.

The post Bluegrass Miracle reverse curse is now a trilogy of terror for the Tigers.

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LSU is now in danger of not reaching the College Football Playoff for the seventh straight season despite the hiring of much-sought-after coach Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss after last season and away from Florida and Florida State. The Tigers host No. 16 Mississippi State (4-1, 2-1 SEC) on Saturday at 11 a.m. on ESPN. The Bulldogs were idle on Saturday.

Kentucky (5-1, 3-1 SEC) was ranked No. 15 by the A.P. media poll on Sunday after not being ranked and moved from No. 25 to No. 17 in the USA Today coaches’ poll.

Of the six teams left on LSU’s schedule, the Tigers play three more ranked teams after Mississippi State. The Tigers hos No. 6 Alabama (5-1, 3-1 SEC) on Nov. 7 and No. 7 Texas (4-1, 1-1 SEC) on Nov. 14 before traveling to No. 14 Tennessee (5-1, 2-1 SEC) on Nov. 21.

Texas fell from No. 1 to No. 7 after losing to unranked Oklahoma (3-2, 1-1 SEC) by 27-24 on Saturday. It was Oklahoma’s first victory over a No. 1 Texas ever.

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Georgia (6-0, 4-0 SEC) beat Alabama, 20-17, in Tuscaloosa on Saturday and moved from No. 2 to No. 1. Notre Dame (6-0) is No. 2, followed by No. 3 Miami (5-0), No. 4 Ohio State (5-1), No. 5 Indiana (6-0), No. 6. Alabama, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 BYU (5-0), No. 9 Ole Miss (4-1, 2-1 SEC) and No. 10 Texas Tech (5-0).

The second 10 features No. 11 Utah, No. 12 UCLA, No. 13 Missouri (5-1, 2-1 SEC), No. 14 Tennessee, No. 15 Kentucky, No. 16 Mississippi State, No. 17 Iowa, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No. 19 USC and No. 20 Houston.

The bottom five has No. 21 Wake Forest, No. 22 LSU, No. 23 Boise State, No. 24 SMU and No. 25 Northwestern.