#10LSU Tigers
5–1 · 2–1 SEC
In the books
WEEK 8 · 2025
3%
SEC title game
<1%
Win the SEC
32%
Make the playoff
5%
First-round bye
avg seed 7.5
How the week went: playoff odds 32% → 6% · title-game odds 3% → <1%.
The Saturday rundown
ranked by what moves LSU's pathYour game
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#10 LSU at #17 Vanderbilt
Your game. Beat Vanderbilt and your playoff odds are 46%; lose and they drop to 22%.
Final · LSU 24–31 VanderbiltWent the other way ✗
Just win
Worth a glancesmaller, but real
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#4 Texas A&M at Arkansas
Arkansas visits your schedule in week 12 — keep them ranked.
Final · Texas A&M 45–42 ArkansasWent the other way ✗
Root for Arkansas+1.8 pp playoff odds
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#20 USC at #13 Notre Dame
USC winning thins out the at-large competition for your playoff spot.
Final · USC 24–34 Notre DameWent the other way ✗
Root for USC+1.7 pp playoff odds
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#14 Oklahoma at South Carolina
You already beat South Carolina; them losing again keeps them behind you; Oklahoma visits your schedule in week 14 — keep them ranked.
Final · Oklahoma 26–7 South CarolinaWish granted ✓
Root for Oklahoma+1.7 pp playoff odds
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#5 Ole Miss at #9 Georgia
Ole Miss winning thins out the at-large competition for your playoff spot.
Final · Ole Miss 35–43 GeorgiaWent the other way ✗
Root for Ole Miss+1.2 pp playoff odds
54 more games that don't move your needle
Tennessee at Alabama · ABC
New Mexico State at Liberty · CBSSN
Arkansas State at South Alabama · ESPN2
Florida International at Western Kentucky · ESPNU
Delaware at Jacksonville State · ESPN2
UTEP at Sam Houston · CBSSN
Tulsa at East Carolina · ESPN
Louisville at Miami · ESPN
Nebraska at Minnesota · FOX
San José State at Utah State · CBSSN
North Carolina at California · ESPN
Washington at Michigan · FOX
Georgia Tech at Duke · ESPN
UConn at Boston College · ACC Network
Arizona at Houston · FS1
Baylor at TCU · ESPN2
Army at Tulane · ESPNU
Central Michigan at Bowling Green · CBSSN
Eastern Michigan at Miami (OH) · ESPN+
West Virginia at UCF · TNT
Kent State at Toledo · ESPN+
Buffalo at Massachusetts · ESPN+
Purdue at Northwestern · BTN
Troy at UL Monroe · ESPN+
Ohio State at Wisconsin · CBS
Michigan State at Indiana · Peacock
SMU at Clemson · ACC Network
Wyoming at Air Force · CBSSN
UNLV at Boise State · FS1
Coastal Carolina at App State · ESPN+
Old Dominion at James Madison · ESPNU
Texas State at Marshall · ESPN+
Temple at Charlotte · ESPN+
UTSA at North Texas · ESPN+
Akron at Ball State · ESPN+
Northern Illinois at Ohio · ESPN+
Texas Tech at Arizona State · FOX
Memphis at UAB · ESPN2
Mississippi State at Florida · SEC Network
Southern Miss at Louisiana · ESPN+
Oregon at Rutgers · BTN
Washington State at Virginia · The CW Network
Texas at Kentucky · ESPN
Penn State at Iowa · Peacock
Maryland at UCLA · FS1
Hawai'i at Colorado State
Georgia State at Georgia Southern · ESPN+
Pittsburgh at Syracuse · ACC Network
Florida Atlantic at South Florida · ESPNU
Missouri at Auburn · SEC Network
Utah at BYU · FOX
Cincinnati at Oklahoma State · ESPN2
Nevada at New Mexico · FS1
Florida State at Stanford · ESPN
Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 8, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 8). How the model works.