BATON ROUGE – LSU football closed the nonconference part of its 2024 schedule with its most complete performance as a team, dominating South Alabama, 42-10, Saturday night inside Tiger Stadium.

The Tigers scored touchdowns on their first four possessions. Freshman running back Caden Durham took the first play of the game, a screen pass from Garrett Nussmeier, 71 yards to pay dirt and LSU was off to the races.

Durham finished with 217 total yards of offense and scored twice.

Nussmeier had a career night, throwing for 409 yards against the Jaguars, but he did throw two interceptions, the first time he's done that since a 2022 game against Southern.

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LSU rankings update

After the convincing win over the Jags, LSU bumped up one spot in the US LBM Coaches Poll to No. 12 for Week 6. This is the highest Kelly and the Tigers have been in the coaches poll this season as they opened at No. 13 before dropping the season opener in Las Vegas to USC, which relegated them down a few spots. LSU had been the highest-ranked one loss but is now the fourth-best one-loss team behind No. 5 Georgia (3-1), who lost to No. 2 Alabama Saturday night, No. 10 Michigan (4-1), who has beaten USC, and No. 11 Ole Miss (4-1).

College football rankings, Week 6

US LBM Coaches Poll

1. Texas

2. Alabama

3. Ohio State

4. Tennesse

5. Georgia

6. Oregon

7. Penn State

8. Miami

9. Missouri

10. Michigan

11. Ole Miss

12. LSU

13. Notre Dame

14. Clemson

15. USC

16. Iowa State

17. Oklahoma

18. Utah

19. BYU

20. Kansas State

21. Texas A&M

22. Louisville

23. UNLV

24. Indiana

25. Illinois

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Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.

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