LSU is ranked 10th in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings, which puts them in position to either play in the Peach Bowl or Fiesta Bowl. College Football Playoff committee chairman Rob Mullens says the 9-and-3 Tigers have a strong resume.

And the head of officiating for the SEC says the referees in the LSU-Texas A&M game did not have a horrible or a bad game, just tough plays to deal with.

The Ragin Cajuns will leave tomorrow for North Carolina where they’ll play Appalachian State in the first ever Sun Belt Championship football game on Saturday at 11 AM. Louisiana lost to the Mountaineers by 10 points last month, but Cajuns Coach Billy Napier knows he has a better team now…
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A win for the Cajuns and they’ll play in the New Orleans Bowl and a loss will send U-L Lafayette to the Cure Bowl in Orlando on December 15th.

Southern faces Alcorn in the SWAC Championship game on Saturday. The Braves lead the SWAC in total offense and rush offense as they are averaging 274 yards on the ground. Jags Coach Dawson Odums says they want to slow down that Alcorn run game…
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Southern ran the ball well against Grambling in the Bayou Classic as running back Devon Benn had his first 100-yard game of the season.

The Saints leave for Dallas today to face the Cowboys in Thursday night football. Dallas is led on offense by the NFL’s leading rusher Ezekiel Elliot and Big “D” defense is allowing just 19 points a game.

In college basketball last night, Daishon Smith had a career-high 26 points as ULM walloped Northwestern State 80-52 to end the Warhawks three-game losing streak.