No. 21 LSU is out of contention for the College Football Playoff after losing back-to-back games to ranked opponents.

No. 21 LSU (6-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) dropped out of College Football Playoff contention with consecutive losses to ranked teams, Texas A&M and then the Crimson Tide. Flor

The LSU football team must avoid a hangover from back-to-back losses as it travels to Gainesville to take on the Florida Gators.

Cam Carter scored a game-high 20 points in his return to Manhattan, Kan., as the LSU Tigers defeated the Kansas State Wildcats 76-65 Thursday night. Carter scored 21 points in each of his first two games this season.

LSU was led by Cam Carter who had a team-high 20 points, shooting 6 of 10 from the field and 3 of 6 from beyond the arc. Sears had 13 points, six rebounds and five assists. Vyctorius Miller had the best game of his young freshman career with 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field.