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2026 Week 2 LSU Tigers Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
Acm0028	1
CFBHurts	1	Clemson might be dreadful, but until we know that for certain LSU gets all the credit for annihilating what was supposed to be at least a decent opponent
corundum9	1
deadtofall12	1
douchebagjack	1
GeauxTri	1
jalexjsmithj	1
Klaassy23	1
laprasrules	1
lowes18	1	Clemson is a mess, but LSU thoroughly dominated a team that has a lot more future NFL talent than most teams that played this weekend and struggled saw. Everything looked elite for LSU, they hit on their DB transfers (Benefield is a stud and could play on any defense in the country) their young defensive linemen look absolutely ready for the moment. Sam Leavitt looked like he was in 2024 form and could go out and win LSU games with his mobility and arm. The only minor concern for LSU coming out of this weekend was some pass protection issues, but given that Clemson does still have some talent on their defensive line and most of the issues came late in the game and didn't lead to any sacks or tfls I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt they can improve from game one.
mcdsmaster8824	1
outthawazoo	1	Banished Clemson to the Shadow Realm. Clemson clearly isn't the team they used to be, but this is easily the most impressive win of the season so far.
RiffRamBahZoo	1
Ruhrgebietheld	1
sirvalkyerie	1
SlaminSammons	1
smartkeg	1	Best performance in the country. LSU annihilated a P4 team that was supposed to be good.
TDenverFan	1
Xy13	1	{+6} [1-0] (51-10 W vs Clemson) --- Lots of teams put up impressive scorelines against their week 1 cupcakes, but LSU absolutely dominated a top 15 talent composite Clemson so hard most people think it's over for Dabo now. Sam Leavitt didn't even have a remarkable game. They played harder and faster than pretty much every other team I saw. Their defense was suffocating and their run game was exercising it's will freely.
Bank_Gothic	2
cornholesurfer	2
eclectic_tastes	2
grjohnst	2
IceColdDrPepper_Here	2	If Sam Leavitt can stay healthy this team has the talent (NFL or otherwise) to be a championship contender. Beating Clemson like that has made me a believer that Lane could deliver something special in year 1
ikindalikelemons	2
jthomas694	2
manbeardawg	2
nbingham196	2
PlactusTX	2	LW: 2 | W Clemson
T-Thugs	2	LSU totally dominated Clemson, dropping 50 points on them. I debated putting them number 1 but think beating a ranked team probably trumps blowing out a Clemson team that may not be good anymore.
tdoger	2
Techwid	2
TimeBroken	2
Bereft13	3	Power: 7, SoR: 9; LW: 11
dabul-master	3
Jakesnake42	3	Most impressive performance of W1 dismantling Clemson. Last Week: #9
MahjongDaily	3
Red261	3
Roscoe_Filburn	3
sickmemes48	3
SpadeRyker	3
strikersteve60	3
AJ_CC	4
BendrickLamar19	4
daredassdude	4
frone	4
HelioOne	4
HideNZeke	4	Easy to hate them but they have a lot of talent coming in and even Leavitt, who I have been skeptical on as an ASU fan, looked really good
JustAManAndHisLaptop	4
MainPeanut25	4	Oh Clemson’s BAD bad
Maladroit44	4
MemeofMemeJTG999999	4	(1-0) (up 5) W: 51-10 vs #28 Clemson (0-1) Next Week: vs Louisiana Tech (1-0) Projected Bowl: Fiesta Bowl vs Indiana/Boise State
Mr_Brews	4
OldCoaly	4
realclean	4
seaotter2	4
Tarmacked	4	Say what you will, this is a well oiled machine and it's got talent across the board. If this wasn't year one, I would move them to #1 overall after last night. I still want to see how they fare against Ole Miss before making that move.
twitter_paulbd	4
zenverak	4
bannista7	5
Casaiir	5
Cecil_Hardboner	5
Charlemagne42	5	And a 41-point A4 blowout makes you sneeze like you just snorted cold gumbo.
EpicSchwinn	5
HieloLuz	5	1 P4 win v Clemson
JamoRedhead	5
Jerrywelfare	5
romulusjsp	5
samspopguy	5
Shion314	5
SIMBONEGTP	5
Striker743	5
T-nawtical	5
TaylorLeprechaun	5	+2
titansfan174	5
Tornadohunter24	5
UNC_Samurai	5
bakonydraco	6	83.764
BlueFalcon89	6
bretticus733	6
chillmagic420	6
Corgi_Koala	6
frumious88	6
Justanother_0	6	I debated not ranking these guys at all because of the whole ordeal with the NFL players, but since the players in question aren’t officially on the gameday rosters (sitting out the games), until things are settled in court I wont punish them. As for how good the team is I still think that they fall apart whenever Leavitt does but for now they have the statement win over Clemson to kickstart their resume.
Pure_Protein_Machine	6
Rakarei	6
roguebandit1	6
scronko	6
texas2089	6
Aidanj927	7
ALStark69	7	+8; ho lee sheet
BearsAreGreat1	7
Blazeth	7
ch1l1_ch33s3	7
Chipsahoy523	7	+4
CRedds19	7
fredmerc111	7
grtgbln	7
hascogrande	7
JBonkies	7
JeromesNiece	7
jjjoebox	7
joebob431	7
Lex_Ludorum	7
nemoran	7
plannedsickdays	7
Pyromania1983	7	Was high on this team in preseason, and they performed extremely well against Clemson. Have some tests in their third and fourth games against fellow ranked teams Ole Miss and Texas A&M. That stretch will likely define their season prospects.
redwave2505	7
shifty1032231	7
Sometimeswelose	7
brucewaynewins	8
colton_97	8
Conglossian	8
diehardcubforever	8
djowen68	8
Doogitywoogity	8	Yeesh. For all my hatred of the NFL rejects saga I have to admit Lane Kiffin has the Tigers purring along. Last year I saw the Clemson - LSU game as a potential playoff preview. What a doofus I was! But it’s hard to see this year as anything but a death knock for Dabo and a major validation away from the distractions that Kiffin and co brought to Baton Rouge. We’ll see if this holds, but I was extremely impressed by the team at the top of my shit list rn.
Drexlore	8
Dropbackandpunt	8
dschinghiskhan	8
elnino550	8
ewolfy13	8
Hackasizlak	8
Jay_Dubbbs	8
jonstark19	8
jrich960608	8
jrluhn	8
KansasEF5Tornado	8
penisthightrap_	8
PeteyNice	8
RedBarracuda25	8
RJEP22	8
SCsprinter13	8
SufferingfOrLife	8	↑3 Result: (W) 51-10 Clemson I knew this team was good; they had the talent everywhere but needed to just see it once on the field, and yeah, I think they made a statement. I think you can say a lot about Lane Kiffin as a person and, well, even as a coach, but he has shown that in the portal era he can accumulate talent and put together a good team.
TheReformedBadger	8
thescottula	8
True_Ad5324	8
Versigot	8
ya111101	8
Blooblod	9
CambodianDrywall	9
Corporal_Hicks	9
DarkLegend64	9
dubscurry30	9	+5
kflinderman	9
Laschoni	9
Longvols	9
Luigiatl	9
ManiacalBlazer	9
mthompson2320	9	LW: 10
NyquillusDillwad20	9
sroach91	9
Terminal_BAS	9	still a complete unknown but clearly talented
TolkienFan71	9
BananaBouquet	10
BlueSCar	10
budget_um	10	No change after shellacking now-unranked Clemson
ChaseTheFalcon	10
CptCheese	10
dukemetoo	10
jmac_21	10
one98d	10
PattyKane16	10
Player_1_has_Joined	10
Staind075	10
SteemieRayVaughn	10
SwissArmyScythe	10	+3
the_neverdoctor	10
TheUltimate721	10	Lane Kiffin showed off exactly why "I need NFL players on my roster to win" was the dumbest hill to die on, because LSU is already looking like a Top Ten roster under him. It wasn't a perfect debut for Lane and Sam Leavitt in Death Valley but they made Dabo Sweeney look ancient in comparison.
udderlymoovelous	10
WarEagle9	10
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	10
Zloggt	10	I don't have to rank LSU high. I probably do not even WANT to rank LSU this high. But I'm a sucker for on-field results, and when you wallop a team like that...
Conn3er	11
Euphoric_Relative_13	11
monkeymatt1836	11
noahthearc	11
TheNSAAgent777	11
Darth_Ra	12
DisraeliEers	12
sirgippy	12
spmartin1993	12
cyberchaox	13	They kicked ass and they did it without the NFL guys. I have to begrudgingly give them credit.
grey_pilgrim_	13
PSUMediaPA	13
redrumsoxLoL	13	The Tigers embarrassed Clemson in their first week of the season and move up a few spots on my list as a result.
ToeInDigDeep	13
Fmeson	14
malowry0124	14
vanburen1845	14
galacticdude7	15
jimbobbypaul	15
Rcfan0902	15	141.00 (NEW)
VerySeriousBanana	15
Muffinnnnnnn	16
NotSoSuperNerd	16	1.015 [7.98-4.02]
12panther	17
Noelthemexican	18
owlalwaysloveyew	18
sgtshenanigans	18
BUSean	22
BuckeyeForLife95	23	(1+0) X (51/10) x (644/145) = 22.7
jbowen1	24	1873.02
A_Rolling_Baneling	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
Blazemaster77	1
DesignerClub1887	1
GenuineBoss	1
MajikSix	1
mikecsiy	1
MWiatrak2077	1
Rishik01	1
tbraptors	1	Looked elite offensively and defensively against a P4 team that should still get at least 7-8 wins
Yelich04	1	^13
133112	2	While I do hate LSU for currently trying to ruin College Football, damn, they may have just ended the Dabo era at Clemson with that one.
alexjcode_com	2	969
Crelc3	2
Jacob_Sumner	2
kevinsdomain	2
LonghornInNebraska	2
PrideSax711	2
Protoco2	2
666PeaceKeepaGirl	3
70277027	3
DarthGlazer	3	dominant and cocky. love it.
JKess207	3	2026 Clemson might not be the Clemson of old, but this was a playoff team two years ago and LSU made them look like a cupcake.
manbeqrpig	3
Select-Edge-3262	3
Sflabuckeye13	3
BlueRFR3100	4
buccaneerboy22	4
Callsign_Psycopath	4
civfan5843	4
divey043	4
g_trechel	4
geordieColt88	4
gonshpreds1	4
jtsmd2	4
ogsmurf826	4
S2OP	4
Spazzatack	4
Stock_Win_8169	4
ceris13	5	Antics aside, LSU looked dominant.
dannykandy	5
fm22fnam	5	+9
hbh110	5
hiiightide	5
isrealball	5
Menktenk	5
MisguidedPassion	5	Up three spots - I think the showing in Death Valley demonstrated more about Clemson than it did LSU, but it's deserving of recognition nonetheless.
noah_divine	5	I've seen actual gore on the internet that was less violent than what Sam Leavitt and LSU did to Clemson on Saturday night.
Noahsince2002	5
Perryapsis	5
RJTrey	5
Small_Company_5697	5
sportstrap	5
The_Good_General	5
Underground_Bread	5
vhNeW34bpS	5
bigred91224	6
BoilerUp28	6
bruhstevenson	6
Ethanol-Muffins	6
geauxsaints777	6
Hetoxy	6
HHunko13	6
mr_longfellow_deeds	6
Piptit	6
baileyx96	7
DownshiftGD	7
Flaky_Bit6733	7
idnttcrisis	7
iron_horseshoe88	7
journey1986	7
Midnight-Mustang	7
mill1634	7
mstr_yda	7
myworld3	7
NebraskaPlainsman	7
PremierPlayback	7
Rhizical	7
saquad69	7
ad51603	8	Absolutely demolished Clemson. They look for real.
AllEliteSchmuck	8
AoA_nB1	8	BTA
ArlyntheAwesome	8
bolts_win_again	8
ChiTrojan2	8
dee3Poh	8
ElyxUW	8
JackWK_Gaming	8
jibberishdhyukl	8
JJones927	8
josh55134	8
jtchr33	8	Another team I underestimated (And ranked loser due to everything else) still hate them, wonder where they will go from here.
Kirkwood641	8
LightningDusty	8	↑5
logace444444444	8
National-Sundae9427	8
Nervous_Metal_9445	8
NoOutdoorSoup	8
Ok_Boysenberry716	8
owl-bears	8
PsychologicalFox8660	8
Real-Plant-5722	8	Looked super impressive everywhere, Lane's got the sauce.
Repulsive_Rub6443	8
spaceblev11	8
Star_Wars_Sith	8
Tortillero96	8	1-0 H +41 vs Clemson (unranked)
ValarMorghulis_17	8	You beat a bad Clemson team, congrats, you've gained two spots in this poll.
WBLwiffleball	8
chief_sitass	9
ianmcmoney	9
jackmc04	9	(+2)
JCNoles	9
NA_Faker	9
New_Prior2253	9
NotStanley4330	9
Pure-Shirt-5831	9
S3G	9
SaguaroCactus19	9
SignificanceFirm2398	9
TheBeekman8	9
beckett929	10
DillyDillySzn	10
DwayneBaconStan	10
HereComesNightTime	10
IBCBJ	10
KansasChaser2021	10
loneSTAR_06	10
newSomberMan	10
quantum_jedi	10
samtaylor92	10
thatoneguyD13	10
TyRoland06	10
Elegant_Tiger6870	11
meristematic	11
SpectralHydra	11
Impossible-Still-349	12	(+1) Next: vs. Louisiana Tech (1-0)
Devintheroaster	13	832.94
Klightgrove	13	Imagine if they had pros.
Yamiosum	13
Esb5415	14
rt13wx	14
Salmon-Dude	14
grahamca	15	T1ˢᵗ W/L, T15ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 16ᵗʰ Team Strength, 16ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor	15
Neither_Call2913	15
FrontRunner51	17	+4
NonZero-Chance	17
BlackGoose_13	18
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY	20
SomerandomIDFBfan	20
CallMeTheKing	22

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