Three Of LSU's Games From Last Season Ranked In ESPN's Top-100 Games Of 2025

Three of LSU's games from last season were ranked in ESPN's Top-100 Games of 2025, according to Bill Connelly.

Two of the games were losses against Ole Miss and Oklahoma, with the Tigers' season opener against Clemson being the lone win in the list for LSU.

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35. No. 13 Ole Miss 24, No. 4 LSU 19 (Sept. 27)
This battle of unbeatens seemed particularly huge at the time, and Ole Miss had a leg in front most of the way. Cayden Lee's short touchdown late in the second quarter gave the Rebels a 17-7 halftime lead, and Logan Diggs scored against his former team to make it 24-13 Ole Miss. But LSU got one score back with a 6-yard Harlem Berry run, and all the Tigers needed was one more stop to have a chance. It never happened. On a gutsy fourth-and-3 call, Trinidad Chambliss found Dae'Quan Wright for 20 yards to clinch the win.

74. No. 8 Oklahoma 17, LSU 13 (Nov. 29)
Oklahoma's run to the CFP was awfully unlikely. It required a 4-1 record in one-score games, and it required a couple of skin-of-their-teeth escapes in November. First, in Tuscaloosa -- against the team that would eventually eliminate them from the CFP -- the Sooners rode an 87-yard Eli Bowen pick-six to a 10-0 first-quarter lead, then turned Ty Simpson's third-quarter fumble into a Tate Sandell field goal that gave them a 23-21 advantage. Alabama failed on fourth down in the final minute, and despite getting nearly doubled up in total yardage (Bama 406, OU 212), the Sooners somehow prevailed.

Two weeks later, after also getting outgained in a win over Missouri, the Sooners hosted LSU with clear stakes: They were in with a win. It was looking unlikely after John Mateer threw two interceptions to start the second half, but Deion Burks took a short screen 45 yards for a tying touchdown late in the third quarter. After LSU took a 13-10 lead midway through the fourth, Isaiah Sategna III cracked a busted coverage for a 58-yard catch-and-run, sending OU to the playoff.

80. No. 9 LSU 17, No. 4 Clemson 10 (Aug. 31)
We never know for sure what the meaning of a big Week 1 game will end up becoming, and while this was a battle of preseason top-10 teams that would come nowhere close to living up to expectations, it was still a hell of an event. Clemson forced a couple of first-half turnovers and led 10-3 at halftime, but LSU slowly took control with a pair of long touchdown drives. Clemson put together a drive late, but Cade Klubnik threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-4 with 59 seconds left, and the visiting Tigers prevailed.

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