LSU hosts Texas A&M on Saturday night after both teams lost in SEC play: the Tigers fell 32-24 to Ole Miss, and the Aggies lost 31-21 to Kentucky. LSU can avoid a second straight conference loss with a win; another defeat would put it at 0-2 in SEC play.
An LSU win would provide momentum for the rest of conference play and, according to the article, count as another ranked SEC victory. A loss would leave the Tigers with little room for error in a remaining SEC schedule that includes Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and Auburn.
Against Ole Miss, LSU trailed 24-7 at halftime, then scored 17 unanswered points to tie the game before losing late. The preview presents Saturday’s game as a test of whether that defeat was a setback or the beginning of a wider problem against top SEC competition.
