Trick or treat Tiger fans, the College Football Playoff committee put out its first rankings Tuesday night and the powers that be put LSU at 14th in the initial rankings.
The placement is...fine? I guess? It doesn’t really matter, the results on the field do. There’s plenty of games to be won and points to be scored between now and when the final poll comes out on December 3.
If you want to get mad at the initial rankings—and don’t we love getting mad at college football polls?—the committee showed some inconsistencies with head-to-head results. They have Washington (5) ahead of Oregon (6) and Texas (7) ahead of Alabama (8), but they ranked Missouri 12th, aka two spots ahead of LSU despite losing the head-to-head.