SEC power ranks

LSU was easily the highest-ranked two-loss team in the nation at No. 7 in Tuesday night’s release of the second College Football Playoff rankings.

The Tigers remained ahead of three one-loss teams from other Power 5 conferences: No. 8 Washington State, No. 9 West Virginia and No. 10 Ohio State. The next-highest two-loss team was No. 11 Kentucky, also of the SEC, followed by No. 13 Syracuse of the ACC.

The SEC has the nation’s top-ranked unbeaten in No. 1 Alabama, the second-highest ranked one-loss team in No. 5 Georgia (behind No. 4 Michigan), and the highestranked three-loss teams in No. 15 Florida and No. 16 Mississippi State.