BATON ROUGE – LSU continued its climb up the CFP Rankings on Tuesday as the Tigers moved up another spot to No. 5 in the latest edition of the poll.
After debuting at No. 10 on Nov. 1, LSU has climbed in the poll in all four weeks. The Tigers moved up three spots to No. 7 following its win over Alabama and then moved up one spot to No. 6 last week after a victory over Arkansas.
LSU and Southern Cal are the only teams in the CFP Rankings that have improved its standing in the poll each week. LSU has gone from No. 10 to 7 to 6 to 5, while USC has gone from No. 9 to 8, to 7 to 6.
The No. 5 CFP Ranking is the highest for LSU since the 2019 national championship season when the Tigers debuted at No. 2 that year and climbed to No. 1 the following week.
In the latest rankings, Georgia (11-0) remains No. 1, followed by Ohio State (11-0), Michigan (11-0), TCU (11-0, and LSU (9-2). Southern Cal (10-1) is No.6, followed by Alabama (9-2), Clemson (10-1), Oregon (9-2), and Tennessee (9-2).
LSU (9-2, 6-1 SEC) won its fifth straight game last Saturday, defeating UAB, 41-10, in Tiger Stadium. The SEC West champions wrap up the regular season on Saturday with a road game at Texas A&M (4-7, 1-6 SEC).
Pregame for Saturday’s game at Texas A&M will begin at 4 p.m. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. and you can listen to all of it on THE GAME 103.7 Lafayette and 104.1 Lake Charles.