LSU, Week 1 and College football
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After weeks of controversy surrounding LSU’s new football coach and Jayden Daniels’ old jersey number, one thing still remains:
Georgia, Notre Dame, Texas and Indiana each moved up one spot with Oregon going from No 2 to No 6 following a 34-27 win over Boise State as a 25.5-point favorite.
Ohio State ranked No. 1 for the ninth time after receiving 40 first-place votes. Oregon earned its highest preseason ranking of all time, at No. 2 with 14 first-place votes. Georgia landed in the preseason top five for the ninth consecutive year at No. 3. No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 5 Texas rounded out the top five.
LSU jumped back into the top 10 in the first Top 25 college football poll of the regular season on Tuesday, Oregon slipped out of the top five and Michigan fell out of the rankings altogether after it needed a second-chance Hail Mary try at home to beat Western Michigan.
It’s Big Ten vs. SEC Week. No. 1 Ohio State at No. 4 Texas has been a red-letter game on the college football calendar for months, a litmus test in the debate over conference supremacy and possibly a factor down the road in College Football Playoff seeding but definitely not a knockout game.