SEC Football Preview: Alabama at LSU

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Alabama faces LSU on Saturday in Baton Rouge. 14Powers.com previews this SEC football game and predicts the final score.

Team Schedules/Results

Alabama

Date Visitor Pts Home Pts
Sept. 26 Alabama 38 Missouri 19
Oct. 3 Texas A&M 24 Alabama 52
Oct. 10 Alabama 63 Ole Miss 48
Oct. 17 Georgia 24 Alabama 41
Oct. 24 Alabama 48 Tennessee 17
Oct. 31 Mississippi State 0 Alabama 41
Nov. 14 $ Alabama LSU
Nov. 21 Kentucky 3 Alabama 63
Nov. 28 Auburn 13 Alabama 45
Dec. 5 & Alabama LSU
Dec. 5 $ Alabama Arkansas
TBA & Alabama Arkansas
$ Game postponed
& Game rescheduled

LSU

Date Visitor Pts Home Pts
Sept. 26 Mississippi State 44 LSU 34
Oct. 3 LSU 41 Vanderbilt 7
Oct. 10 Missouri 45 LSU 41
Oct. 17 $ LSU Florida
Oct. 24 South Carolina 24 LSU 52
Oct. 31 LSU 11 Auburn 48
Nov. 14 $ Alabama LSU
Nov. 21 LSU 27 Arkansas 24
Nov. 28 LSU 7 Texas A&M 20
Dec. 5 & Alabama LSU
Dec. 5 $ Ole Miss LSU
Dec. 12 & LSU Florida
TBA & Ole Miss LSU
$ Game postponed
& Game rescheduled

College Football Ratings

Rating Alabama LSU
ESPN FPI 1 25
Sagarin 1 36
Massey Composite 1 47
PiRate Ratings 1 19

Key Stats

Stat Alabama LSU
Points 48.5 30.4
Points Allowed 18.5 30.3
Total YDS 535.6 425.1
Pass YDS 358.1 313.4
Rush YDS 177.5 111.7
Total YDS Allowed 357.6 443.3
Pass YDS Allowed 238.6 302.9
Rush YDS Allowed 119.0 140.4
Turnover margin 0.8 0.1
3rd Down Conv. 58.6 34.3
3rd Down Conv. DEF 39.5 35.9

Players to Watch

Alabama

 
WR Devonta Smith, WR Jaylen Waddle, RB Najee Harris, CB Patrick Surtain II, OL Alex Leatherwood.

LSU

CB Derek Stingley, WR Terrace Marshall Jr., OL Ed Ingram, DL Tyler Shelvin, QB Myles Brennan.

Injuries

Alabama

[DE] 11/29/2020 – Phidarian Mathis is “?” Saturday vs LSU (Leg)
[WR] 11/29/2020 – Slade Bolden is “?” Saturday vs LSU (Ankle)
[TE] 11/29/2020 – Miller Forristall is “?” Saturday vs LSU (Ankle)
[RB] 11/09/2020 – Trey Sanders is out for season (Hip)
[LB] 11/13/2020 – Kevin Harris II left the team (Transferred)
[WR] 10/24/2020 – Jaylen Waddle is out indefinitely (Ankle)

LSU

(!)[QB] 11/15/2020 – Myles Brennan is out indefinitely (Oblique)
[LB] 10/29/2020 – Travez Moore is out for season (Personal)
[NT] 10/28/2020 – Siaki Ika is out for season (Left Team)
[WR] 11/30/2020 – Racey McMath is downgraded to doubtful Saturday vs Alabama (Undisclosed)
(!)[WR] 11/29/2020 – Terrace Marshall Jr. is out for season (Left Team)
[TE] 09/10/2020 – Ray Parker is out indefinitely (Suspension)
[DT] 09/16/2020 – Nelson Jenkins III is out for season (Personal)
[NT] 09/03/2020 – Tyler Shelvin is out for season (Personal)
[WR] 09/03/2020 – Ja’Marr Chase is out for season (Personal)

Source: statfox.com

Comments

This one is pretty easy to predict. Alabama is a little better than it was last season except on defense and they’ve shown improvement there over the past couple of games. The Tigers have dropped in ability in every every phase of the game. I think Bama wins this one by double digits.

Our Preseason Prediction

Alabama 38, LSU 34

Game Week 14Powers.com Prediction

Alabama 45, LSU 27

Saturday‘s game kicks off at 7:00 PM CT (8:00 PM ET). You can watch this SEC football game on the CBS Network.

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