In a highly-anticipated season opener inside Camping World Stadium, No. 5 LSU became the only AP top-five team to drop its first game of 2023 in a historic upset loss to No. 8 Florida State.
The Tigers, in coach Brian Kelly’s second season, lost to the Seminoles, 45–24, Sunday night, placing LSU in a tie for the most points allowed by an AP top-five team in a season opener in the Poll Era (since 1936), according to ESPN Stats & Info.
LSU’s 45 allowed points are the most in an opener since the 1968 Oklahoma Sooners, also ranked No. 5, lost, 21–45, on the road to No. 3 Notre Dame.
