LSU Drops In Latest ESPN FPI Rankings

The FPI is 67% picking against the spread this season. It most certainly is not garbage.

This is misleading, 4 games vs 3. These are overall records not SEC conference and Division records. ALA is 0-1 and 5th in the SEC West and 3 games behind LSU at 2-0 in the West. A loss at GA and they will be out of it. LSU, and GA are the only two teams at 2-0 in the SEC that have played 2 divisional games. LSU has been hurt in the index by being last in the SEC in penalties, missing a game, and by margin of victory - pts scored for and against. A potential 48-3 victory at Syracuse, where we were favored by 24 pts, was reduced to 34-24 by 14 penalties vs a team with a 5th string walk-on QB. Those penalties prevented Fournette from having 360 yards vs Syracuse and 2 more TDs, 745 yards for 3 games - where he was after after 11 games last year, throw in McNeese and that could have been 1000 yds. Penalties also cost 17 pts at Miss State making a blowout a tossup. Plus LSU D has given up 90% of their pts in 2nd half, mainly 4th Qtr. All of that influences FPI which will change.

The FPI is garbage, it shouldn't even be published.

"Lulz" at everyone taking this poll seriously. No, they don't take head-to-head matchups into consideration. This poll is 100% composed by computer simulations; just as it says in the post. Quit picking apart a computer generated poll, and quit acting like ESPN has some sort of agenda by posting the poll. Just take it for what it is and move along. The only thing these kinds of power polls should actually be used for is handicapping.

Careful laughing at Bama. If we win this weekend, watch. out.

Fla 9 spots behind Tenn, despite being undefeated and having beaten the Vols....

ESPN's not even trying here.

Most of these polls make absolutely no sense to me. Like this one.

Most of these polls make absolutely no sense to me. Like this one.

Georgia has a very weak schedule, and the SEC-E is a pushover. The only challenge on their schedule is Bama.

And lulz at Stanford being 13 spots behind USC. I guess scoreboard doesn't matter.

Tennessee at 14? Maybe if they only go by the 1st half.

4. Alabama, SEC 3-1 ; LOL

LolBama