BATON ROUGE – LSU football trailed Ole Miss all game. So how it did win?

Well, the Tigers' defense pitched a near shutout in the second half and overtime, allowing Lane Kiffin's high-flying offense to manage just three field goals, including a 57-yarder that gave Ole Miss a brief 26-23 advantage after the first overtime possession.

LSU junior quarterback Garrett Nussmeier had what he called "the worst performance of his career," but played a solid second half, throwing two touchdowns in a few minute span, the first to Aaron Anderson that sent the game to overtime and then the game winner to Kyren Lacy to lift LSU, 29-26, in a thriller inside Tiger Stadium Saturday night in an epic top-10 matchup.

Brian Kelly's Tigers (5-1, 2-0 SEC) are still undefeated in SEC play and will take on Arkansas in Fayetteville next Saturday night (6 p.m., ESPN)

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LSU ranking update

LSU replaced Ole Miss at the exact spot it held in the top 10 of the US LBM Coaches Poll, which was released Sunday morning. The Tigers are now ranked No. 8 heading into Week 8 of the college football season. This is the highest LSU has been all season. Over the next three games, LSU will face two top 15 teams in Texas A&M in College Station and Alabama at home.

College football rankings, Week 8

US LBM Coaches Poll

1. Texas

2. Oregon

3. Penn State

4. Georgia

5. Ohio State

6. Miami

7. Alabama

8. LSU

9. Clemson

10. Tennessee

11. Notre Dame

12. Iowa State

13. BYU

14. Texas A&M

15. Ole Miss

16. Missouri

17. Kansas State

18. Indiana

19. Boise State

20. Pitt

21. Illinois

22. Michigan

23. SMU

24. Army

25. Nebraska

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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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