Saturday night’s game between LSU and Alabama is now a Top Ten matchup as the first college football playoff rankings were unveiled last night and Alabama is ranked sixth while LSU is ranked tenth. The Tigers are the highest ranked two-loss team.

When the Bayou Bengals face the Crimson Tide, they will see a familiar face on defense. Bama cornerback Eli Ricks transferred to Tuscaloosa after two seasons in Tiger Town.

Ricks is coming off a strong performance against Mississippi State and Tide Coach Nick Saban says his mentality heading into the game will be important…
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Kick-off is at 6 PM in Death Valley.

Tonight in Los Angeles, the Pelicans play the Lakers. New Orleans is 4-2, while L-A is 1-5. Tip off tonight is at 9:30.

The Cajuns will celebrate Senior night Saturday as they host Troy in one of their last home games of the season. Coming off a 39-24 loss to Southern Miss last week, coach Michael Desormeaux is looking to honor one of the most influential classes in program history with not only a win, but with a successful final third of what has so far been a disappointing season…
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Troy leads the Sun Belt West with a four and one record and they’ve won five in a row overall. The Cajuns are two and three in conference play. ULM is one and three in the Sun Belt and host Texas State. The Bobcats are also 1-and-3.

Louisiana Tech is 1-3 in conference USA play and they host Middle Tennessee. The Blue Raiders are also one and three in league action.