Football: Opponent's opponents

LSU schedule with a breakdown of who each team plays the week before.

09/05 vs McNeese
Season opener for both schools

09/12 at Miss St
Miss St opens against Southern Miss (who won 3 games last year and only one win against FBS). This is on par with McNeese

09/19 vs Auburn
Auburn plays Jacksonville St the week before. JSU is a very good FCS team, but this is a tuneup compared to Miss St. Advantage Auburn

09/26 at Syracuse
Syracuse plays Central Michigan the week before, not that it matters. Syracuse won 3 games last year and only one against FBS.

10/03 vs Eastern Michigan
They play Army the week before. E Michigan is a bad team that only won two games last year.

10/10 at South Carolina
They play at Missouri the week before. Big advantage LSU

10/17 vs Florida
Florida plays at Missouri the week before (and Ole Miss the week before that). LSU is the last game of five SEC games in a row for Florida, this is a tough spot for them. Advantage LSU

10/24 vs Western Kentucky
WKU plays North Texas the week before. They were a solid FCS team last year finishing 8-5

10/31 OFF

11/07 at Alabama
Of course both teams take their off week before this game every year. Not that this trumps this being a home game for Bama, but they do come off of four straight hard games (UGA, ARK, TAMU, UTenn) before the off week.

11/14 vs Arkansas
Arkansas is at Ole Miss the week before, which is as good as we could hope for considered LSU is coming off of Bama.

11/21 at Ole Miss
Ole Miss takes a bi(sic) week before this game, fortunately Ole Miss always sucks.

11/28 vs Texas A&M
The aggies play Vandy the week before. Vandy will struggle again this season as usual. If we consider SEC championship game appearances as a factor, then Vandy and Ole Miss are equal previous week opponents.