Where LSU sits in the updated ESPN Football Power Index after Week 6
In their first major test of the season, the Tigers fell flat on Saturday. They fell behind early against the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers and never got back in it, losing 40-13 to drop their second game of the season and first in SEC play.
With a 4-2 record, it’s hard to be too disappointed with where LSU sits, and this team has mostly overachieved to this point. ESPN’s Football Power Index predicted this, however. The Tigers entered the year as a top-10 team, and even with two losses, they didn’t fall far from that range after Saturday’s game.
Here’s the full top 25 in the ESPN FPI through six weeks of the season.
Kansas State Wildcats (5-1)
Syndication: The Des Moines Register
Week 6 Result: W 10-9 at Iowa State
FPI: 9.5
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (5-1)
Danny Wild-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 45-10 vs. Army
FPI: 9.5
Texas A&M Aggies (3-3)
Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: L 24-20 at Alabama
FPI: 9.6
Purdue Boilermakers (4-2)
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Week 6 Result: W 31-29 at Maryland
FPI: 9.7
UCF Knights (4-1)
Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 41-19 vs. SMU
FPI: 10.5
Maryland Terrapins (4-2)
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: L 31-29 vs. Purdue
FPI: 11.1
Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-1)
Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: Bye
FPI: 12.9
TCU Horned Frogs (5-0)
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 38-31 at Kansas
FPI: 12.9
Oklahoma State Cowboys (5-0)
Syndication: The Oklahoman
Week 6 Result: W 41-31 vs. Texas Tech
FPI: 13.1
Baylor Bears (3-2)
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: Bye
FPI: 13.2
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-2)
Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 28-20 vs. BYU
FPI: 13.5
Oregon Ducks (5-1)
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 49-22 at Arizona
FPI: 13.6
Mississippi State Bulldogs (5-1)
Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 40-17 vs. Arkansas
FPI: 13.6
Penn State Nittany Lions (5-0)
Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: Bye
FPI: 14.1
LSU Tigers (4-2)
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Week 6 Result: L 40-13 vs. Tennessee
FPI: 14.2
USC Trojans (6-0)
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 30-14 vs. Washington State
FPI: 15.5
Utah Utes (4-2)
Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: L 42-32 at UCLA
FPI: 16.4
Ole Miss Rebels (6-0)
Syndication: The Tennessean
Week 6 Result: W 52-28 at Vanderbilt
FPI: 16.4
Tennessee Volunteers (5-0)
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Week 6 Result: W 40-13 at LSU
FPI: 19.6
Clemson Tigers (6-0)
Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 31-3 at Boston College
FPI: 20.1
Michigan Wolverines (6-0)
Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 31-10 at Indiana
FPI: 20.8
Texas Longhorns (4-2)
Syndication: The Oklahoman
Week 6 Result: W 49-0 vs. Oklahoma
FPI: 21.7
Georgia Bulldogs (6-0)
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 42-10 vs. Auburn
FPI: 26.4
Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0)
Syndication: The Columbus Dispatch
Week 6 Result: W 49-20 at Michigan State
FPI: 28.3
Alabama Crimson Tide (6-0)
Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports
Week 6 Result: W 24-20 vs. Texas A&M
FPI: 29.2
