By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor
Jordan-Hare Stadium started emptying early Saturday afternoon at Auburn.
Toomer’s Corner? That place where the Auburn Nation flocks downtown after significant wins to wrap it in toilet paper as if it’s a Christmas snow? Barren.
In an equally barren spot of Jordan-Hare late in LSU’s 38-17 rolling of Auburn on Saturday, an LSU fan held up a sign that said it all – “Save you toilet paper,” according to Scott Rabalais of the Baton Rouge Advocate.
Yes, LSU toilet papered Auburn at Auburn like never before with 21 points the largest margin of victory by the Tigers ever at Auburn, where LSU has played 23 times since 1903 and has won 11 times against 12 losses. It was also LSU’s first road win in the SEC since beating Arkansas on Oct. 19, 2024,as the Tigers snapped an 0-for-8 dryspell.
LSU’s offense of head coach Lane Kiffin and offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. put up 552 yards, including 387 by quarterback Sam Leavitt on 32-of-45 passing, and he ran for another 54 yards on eight carries. LSU defensive coordinator Blake Baker’s unit, meanwhile, limited Auburn to just 271 yards and only 67 on the ground on 35 rushes while collecting seven sacks.
“When games are dominated that way – score, yardage, almost all areas – that means a lot of people are doing things right,” Kiffin said. “They did it by playing really sound football. Didn’t make a lot of mistakes, dominated the line of scrimmages – seven sacks on defense. The offense had a great day. We slowed tempo in the fourth quarter.”
“This was what the whole thing was supposed to look like when it was put together.” … Lane Kiffin post Auburn
— Glenn Guilbeau (@SportBeatTweet) October 25, 2026
Or it would have been a lot worse.
And on Sunday, LSU (6-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) rose from No. 18 to No. 15 in the Associated Press poll as it now gets an open weekend without a game on Saturday.
The Tigers then begin a critical stretch of what could be a run to the College Football Playoff by hosting No. 10 Alabama (6-2, 4-2 SEC) on Nov. 7 at Tiger Stadium with a kickoff either between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. or 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Alabama defeated Texas A&M, 31-20, on Saturday.
After that, it will be No. 11 Texas (5-2, 2-2 SEC), which just jumped eight spots from No. 19 in the A.P. poll after holding off No. 7 Ole Miss in a 34-27 win in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. The Rebels (5-2, 3-2 SEC) dropped five spots in the poll to No. 12.
LSU then returns to the road at No. 16 Tennessee (6-2, 3-2 SEC), which was upset at unranked South Carolina, 27-24, on Saturday and fell five spots. South Carolina (4-3, 2-3 SEC) received eight votes.
Miami remained No. 1 in the poll at 7-0, followed by No. 2 Ohio State (6-1), No. 3 Georgia (6-1, 4-1 SEC), No. 4 Indiana (7-1), No. 5 Notre Dame (6-1), No. 6 Utah (7-0), No. 7 UCLA (7-0), No. 8 BYU (6-1), No. 9 Kentucky (7-1, 5-1 SEC) and No. 10 Alabama.
The second 10 has No. 11 Texas, No. 12 Ole Miss, No. 13 Texas Tech, No. 14 Wake Forest, No. 15 LSU, No. 16 Tennessee, No. 17 Florida (5-2, 3-2 SEC), No. 18 Houston, No. 19 SMU and No. 20 Boise State. The bottom five has No. 21 Northwestern, No. 22 Arizona, No. 23 Missouri (5-2, 2-2 SEC), No. 24 Oklahoma State and No. 25 Wisconsin.
“When we don’t screw things up,” Kiffin said, “we’re really hard to beat and play as anyone in the country.”
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