LSU-Alabama Is Once Again a Major Matchup in The Eyes of The Ap Top 25!

Alabama-LSU is once again a major matchup.

LSU is No. 18 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank. The Tigers and No. 6 Crimson Tide are off next weeks before their SEC West matchup.

This will be the 30th time Alabama and LSU playoff with both ranked, the most of any SEC team and the fourth-most of all rivalries.

Michigan and Ohio State had 47 rated games. Both states have 42. Notre Dame and SC have 33. Tennessee-Florida and LSU-Florida are each 25.

Alabama and LSU were college football’s top rivals in the 2000s. They played 14 straight games (2007-19) rated.

This is the third longest stretch in any rivalry, after Florida-Tennessee (1985-2007) and Florida-Florida State (16 consecutive) (1990-2003).

POLL PTS

1. Tigers-Tide will be a rated contest for the first time since the SEC West rivals played No. 1 vs. 2 in 2019.
2. Alabama’s off next week.
3. After winning the national title in 2019, the Tigers were unranked when they played Alabama for the past two years.
4. That ended 14 straight seasons in which LSU and Alabama played while ranked.
5. LSU and Tulane are both rated for the first time since 1998 when they were headed in opposite paths.
6. LSU and Tulane were in the top 25 for two weeks in October, but LSU ended 4-7. The Green Wave ended undefeated at No. 7.

OUT

• Texas is unranked again after losing to Oklahoma State. Texas dropped to 5-3.
• Mississippi State again caught Alabama following a Tide loss and fell out of the rankings. The first touchdown scored in Tuscaloosa since 2014. It was the last play.

MEETING

SEC – 7 (Nos. 1, 3, 6, 15, 18, 19, 25). (Nos. 1, 3, 6, 15, 18, 19, 25).

ACC – 5 (Nos. 5, 10, 16, 21, 24). (Nos. 5, 10, 16, 21, 24).

Big Ten – 4 (Nos. 2, 4, 13, 17)

Pac-12 – 4 (Nos. 8, 10, 12, 14). (Nos. 8, 10, 12, 14).

Big 12 – 3 (Nos. 7, 9, 22). (Nos. 7, 9, 22).

US – 2 (Nos. 20, 23).

RANKED vs.

After 11 rated games in the last two weeks, the upcoming slate isn’t as enticing.

• No. 2 Ohio State visits No. 13 Penn State. Six straight-rated matches. OSU has won 5 straight.
• 19 Kentucky at 3 Tennessee. The last time both Wildcats and Volunteers were ranked was 1951.
• No. 9 Oklahoma State at #22 Kansas State. The second-rated matchup of 65. The Cowboys won 52-45 in 2011.

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