BATON ROUGE — When LSU takes the field against Tennessee on Saturday in Knoxville it will serve as the top game in college football that day.
Outside of Thursday’s matchup between No. 3 West Virginia and No. 5 Louisville, the LSU-Tennessee contest is the only game this week between top 15 ranked teams. Tennessee, winners of five straight, stands at 7-1 overall and 3-1 in Southeastern Conference action. LSU, winners of two straight and four of its last five, is 6-2 overall and 2-2 in league play.
Kickoff for the contest is set for 2:34 CDT from a sold out Neyland Stadium.
As a result of the magnitude of the LSU-Tennessee matchup, the game will be watched by representatives of some of the nation’s top bowl games. Among those bowl games who will be in attendance in Neyland Stadium on Saturday afternoon to watch the Tigers and the Vols include: the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the FedEx Orange Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl, the Outback Bowl, the Capital One Bowl and the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
In addition to the game being televised to a national audience by CBS, the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the Denver Post, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and CBS Sportsline.com will cover contest.