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LSU plummets in latest AP Poll after Ole Miss defeat

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NCAA Football: Louisiana State at Mississippi
Sep 27, 2025; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly reacts during the fourth quarter against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

LSU has dropped yet again in the AP Poll that was released on Sunday afternoon, falling from No. 4 to No. 13 after the 24-19 loss to Ole Miss on Saturday. The Tigers drop to 4-1 on the season and 1-1 in SEC play, now heading into a bye week before hosting South Carolina.

LSU remains a quality team, but as the crop continues to rise to the top around the country, Brian Kelly’s team will be challenged to elevate their play and head into the second half of the season with heightened urgency.

Here is the full AP Poll after Week 5 of the college football season:

  1. Ohio State
  2. Oregon
  3. Miami (FL)
  4. Ole Miss
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Texas A&M
  7. Penn State
  8. Indiana
  9. Texas
  10. Alabama
  11. Texas Tech
  12. Georgia
  13. LSU
  14. Iowa State
  15. Tennessee
  16. Vanderbilt
  17. Georgia Tech
  18. Florida State
  19. Missouri
  20. Michigan
  21. Notre Dame
  22. Illinois
  23. BYU
  24. Virginia
  25. Arizona State

Others receiving votes:

South Florida 53, Utah 52, Mississippi St. 46, Memphis 38, Louisville 36, Southern Cal 22, Maryland 7, North Texas 7, TCU 6, UNLV 3.

After the game, head coach Brian Kelly was quick to deflect blame off of any one player or either side of the ball, insisting it was a team effort and something they need to fix together. After the defense’s worst game of the season and another troubling outing from Garrett Nussmeier at quarterback, the Tigers are hopeful their best football is still in front of them.

“Disappointed in the loss, certainly,” Kelly said in his opening statement. “There is a game within the game. You start with the first half, where our inability to sustain anything on the offensive side of the ball put our defense on the field for 50 plays.

“At the end of the day, when you put it all together for four quarters, we didn’t play complementary football, which you have to do in this league. You have to be able to complement your offense and defense. When our offense started to move the ball, our defense couldn’t get the stop.”

The Tigers were outplayed for four quarters on the road and now head back to the drawing board, looking to right the ship before the heart of SEC play arrives. Kelly’s team has yet to put it all together in a year where his team was supposed to be the most balanced and talented across the board that he’s had at LSU.

“This team has to click on all cylinders,” Kelly said. “I believe in this team and I love this group. They are really good football players, and we have to get them complementing each other on a daily basis.”

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