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#7LSU Tigers

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WEEK 3 ยท 2026
Week 3 pregame guide

Can LSU bring its second-half patience to the opening snap at Ole Miss?

LSU visits Ole Miss with a major early SEC opportunity, while Arkansas, Tennessee and Auburn offer smaller ways to help.

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LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels runs the ball against Florida in 2023.
LSU faces Florida at Tiger Stadium in 2023.
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Your game

LSU at Ole Miss
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Final
LSU
Final ยท LSU 24โ€“32 Ole MissWent the other way โœ—
Ole Miss

Other impactful games

the highlighted team was the result LSU wanted
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Impact 1
Kennesaw State
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Rooted for
Tennessee
Final ยท Kennesaw State 9โ€“42 TennesseeWish granted โœ“
Projected 3.2-point playoff boost

Tennessee won and stayed ranked ahead of its Week 12 game against LSU.

Entering-week projection34% if Tennessee won31% with the other result3.2-point differenceLSU playoff chance
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Impact 2
Georgia
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Rooted for
Arkansas
Final ยท Georgia 45โ€“17 ArkansasWent the other way โœ—
Projected 2.4-point title-game boost

Georgia won instead, so LSU did not get the result it wanted.

Entering-week projection14% if Arkansas won11% with the other result2.4-point differenceLSU SEC title-game chance
54 other games had little impact
Syracuse at Pittsburgh ยท ESPN
Miami at Wake Forest ยท ESPN
Houston at Texas Tech ยท FOX
Coastal Carolina at Delaware ยท CBSSN
Tulane at Kansas State ยท ESPN2
Bowling Green at Iowa State ยท ESPNU
Arizona State at Kansas ยท FS1
North Carolina at Clemson ยท ESPN
Akron at Minnesota ยท BTN
Kent State at Ohio State ยท FOX
Buffalo at Penn State ยท BTN
North Texas at Texas State ยท USA Network
Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin ยท Peacock
NC State at Vanderbilt ยท SEC Network
Wyoming at Central Michigan ยท ESPN+
Temple at Toledo ยท CBSSN
Florida State at Alabama ยท ABC
Kentucky at Texas A&M ยท ESPN
Miami (OH) at Cincinnati ยท ESPN+
Utah State at Utah ยท FOX
SMU at Louisville ยท ESPN2
UTEP at Michigan ยท BTN
USC at Rutgers ยท CBS
Stanford at Duke ยท The CW Network
Western Kentucky at Indiana ยท Peacock
Ball State at Liberty ยท ESPN+
Louisiana Tech at Baylor ยท ESPNU
Mississippi State at South Carolina ยท SEC Network
East Carolina at Old Dominion ยท ESPN+
Florida International at Florida Atlantic ยท ESPN+
Charlotte at App State ยท ESPN+
Marshall at Missouri State ยท CBSSN
Florida at Auburn ยท ESPN
Troy at Missouri ยท SECN+
Georgia State at UCF ยท ESPN+
UConn at Southern Miss ยท ESPN+
Western Michigan at Rice ยท ESPN+
Nevada at Middle Tennessee ยท ESPN+
Ohio at South Alabama ยท ESPN+
Georgia Southern at Jacksonville State ยท ESPN+
New Mexico at Oklahoma ยท ESPN2
BYU at Colorado State ยท CBS
Colorado at Northwestern ยท FOX
West Virginia at Virginia ยท ACC Network
Virginia Tech at Maryland ยท FS1
Michigan State at Notre Dame ยท NBC
UTSA at Texas ยท SECN+
Arkansas State at TCU ยท ESPNU
UAB at Louisiana ยท ESPN+
James Madison at San Diego State ยท The CW Network
Northern Illinois at Arizona ยท TNT
North Dakota State at Sacramento State ยท ESPN
Purdue at UCLA ยท BTN
Fresno State at San Josรฉ State ยท FS1
The rooting list was:LSU, then Tennessee, Arkansas.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 3, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 3). How the model works.