2014–2026 performance history

LSU over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

SECHead coach: Lane KiffinView LSU games →
Offense · 2026 estimate44.0/100

95.5 average through 1 game

35.1 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate79.8/100

99.1 average through 1 game

74.1 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

LSU individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Miles · ’14–’15Les Miles, 2014–2015Orgeron · ’16–’21Ed Orgeron, 2016–2021Kelly · ’22–’25Brian Kelly, 2022–2025KiffinLane Kiffin, 2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: LSU vs. Wisconsin · W 28–24; offense 49.8 percentile2014 Week 2: LSU vs. Sam Houston · W 56–0; offense 74.2 percentile2014 Week 3: LSU vs. UL Monroe · W 31–0; offense 66.7 percentile2014 Week 4: LSU vs. Mississippi State · L 29–34; offense 32.0 percentile2014 Week 5: LSU vs. New Mexico State · W 63–7; offense 81.3 percentile2014 Week 6: LSU at Auburn · L 7–41; offense 7.6 percentile2014 Week 7: LSU at Florida · W 30–27; offense 69.8 percentile2014 Week 8: LSU vs. Kentucky · W 41–3; offense 81.7 percentile2014 Week 9: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 10–7; offense 64.4 percentile2014 Week 11: LSU vs. Alabama · L 13–20; offense 41.6 percentile2014 Week 12: LSU at Arkansas · L 0–17; offense 4.3 percentile2014 Week 14: LSU at Texas A&M · W 23–17; offense 65.3 percentile2014 Week 1: LSU vs. Notre Dame · L 28–31; offense 88.2 percentile2015 Week 2: LSU at Mississippi State · W 21–19; offense 52.0 percentile2015 Week 3: LSU vs. Auburn · W 45–21; offense 95.7 percentile2015 Week 4: LSU at Syracuse · W 34–24; offense 62.0 percentile2015 Week 5: LSU vs. Eastern Michigan · W 44–22; offense 70.0 percentile2015 Week 6: LSU vs. South Carolina · W 45–24; offense 95.3 percentile2015 Week 7: LSU vs. Florida · W 35–28; offense 96.0 percentile2015 Week 8: LSU vs. Western Kentucky · W 48–20; offense 86.6 percentile2015 Week 10: LSU at Alabama · L 16–30; offense 34.2 percentile2015 Week 11: LSU vs. Arkansas · L 14–31; offense 29.1 percentile2015 Week 12: LSU at Ole Miss · L 17–38; offense 34.9 percentile2015 Week 13: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 19–7; offense 38.9 percentile2015 Week 1: LSU vs. Texas Tech · W 56–27; offense 93.3 percentile2016 Week 1: LSU vs. Wisconsin · L 14–16; offense 54.1 percentile2016 Week 2: LSU vs. Jacksonville State · W 34–13; offense 47.8 percentile2016 Week 3: LSU vs. Mississippi State · W 23–20; offense 33.3 percentile2016 Week 4: LSU at Auburn · L 13–18; offense 56.8 percentile2016 Week 5: LSU vs. Missouri · W 42–7; offense 90.7 percentile2016 Week 7: LSU vs. Southern Miss · W 45–10; offense 99.5 percentile2016 Week 8: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 38–21; offense 53.2 percentile2016 Week 10: LSU vs. Alabama · L 0–10; offense 6.6 percentile2016 Week 11: LSU at Arkansas · W 38–10; offense 90.5 percentile2016 Week 12: LSU vs. Florida · L 10–16; offense 71.9 percentile2016 Week 13: LSU at Texas A&M · W 54–39; offense 97.0 percentile2016 Week 1: LSU vs. Louisville · W 29–9; offense 73.3 percentile2017 Week 1: LSU vs. BYU · W 27–0; offense 88.1 percentile2017 Week 2: LSU vs. Chattanooga · W 45–10; offense 66.7 percentile2017 Week 3: LSU at Mississippi State · L 7–37; offense 30.1 percentile2017 Week 4: LSU vs. Syracuse · W 35–26; offense 67.7 percentile2017 Week 5: LSU vs. Troy · L 21–24; offense 74.4 percentile2017 Week 6: LSU at Florida · W 17–16; offense 51.9 percentile2017 Week 7: LSU vs. Auburn · W 27–23; offense 52.1 percentile2017 Week 8: LSU at Ole Miss · W 40–24; offense 94.5 percentile2017 Week 10: LSU at Alabama · L 10–24; offense 68.0 percentile2017 Week 11: LSU vs. Arkansas · W 33–10; offense 85.8 percentile2017 Week 12: LSU at Tennessee · W 30–10; offense 45.5 percentile2017 Week 13: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 45–21; offense 83.0 percentile2017 Week 1: LSU vs. Notre Dame · L 17–21; offense 61.3 percentile2018 Week 1: LSU vs. Miami · W 33–17; offense 48.7 percentile2018 Week 2: LSU vs. SE Louisiana · W 31–0; offense 32.6 percentile2018 Week 3: LSU at Auburn · W 22–21; offense 36.6 percentile2018 Week 4: LSU vs. Louisiana Tech · W 38–21; offense 72.0 percentile2018 Week 5: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 45–16; offense 90.6 percentile2018 Week 6: LSU at Florida · L 19–27; offense 24.9 percentile2018 Week 7: LSU vs. Georgia · W 36–16; offense 76.6 percentile2018 Week 8: LSU vs. Mississippi State · W 19–3; offense 34.9 percentile2018 Week 10: LSU vs. Alabama · L 0–29; offense 2.4 percentile2018 Week 11: LSU at Arkansas · W 24–17; offense 36.4 percentile2018 Week 12: LSU vs. Rice · W 42–10; offense 94.2 percentile2018 Week 13: LSU at Texas A&M · L 72–74; offense 74.8 percentile2018 Week 1: LSU vs. UCF · W 40–32; offense 75.3 percentile2019 Week 1: LSU vs. Georgia Southern · W 55–3; offense 89.2 percentile2019 Week 2: LSU at Texas · W 45–38; offense 98.7 percentile2019 Week 3: LSU vs. Northwestern State · W 65–14; offense 83.4 percentile2019 Week 4: LSU at Vanderbilt · W 66–38; offense 94.7 percentile2019 Week 6: LSU vs. Utah State · W 42–6; offense 91.1 percentile2019 Week 7: LSU vs. Florida · W 42–28; offense 93.7 percentile2019 Week 8: LSU at Mississippi State · W 36–13; offense 71.3 percentile2019 Week 9: LSU vs. Auburn · W 23–20; offense 79.0 percentile2019 Week 11: LSU at Alabama · W 46–41; offense 99.1 percentile2019 Week 12: LSU at Ole Miss · W 58–37; offense 99.7 percentile2019 Week 13: LSU vs. Arkansas · W 56–20; offense 89.0 percentile2019 Week 14: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 50–7; offense 93.8 percentile2019 Week 15: LSU vs. Georgia · W 37–10; offense 97.2 percentile2019 Week 1: LSU vs. Oklahoma · W 63–28; offense 99.9 percentile2019 Week 1: LSU vs. Clemson · W 42–25; offense 98.2 percentile2020 Week 4: LSU vs. Mississippi State · L 34–44; offense 48.4 percentile2020 Week 5: LSU at Vanderbilt · W 41–7; offense 75.7 percentile2020 Week 8: LSU vs. South Carolina · W 52–24; offense 87.5 percentile2020 Week 9: LSU at Auburn · L 11–48; offense 4.4 percentile2020 Week 12: LSU at Arkansas · W 27–24; offense 13.9 percentile2020 Week 13: LSU at Texas A&M · L 7–20; offense 5.2 percentile2020 Week 14: LSU vs. Alabama · L 17–55; offense 26.1 percentile2020 Week 15: LSU at Florida · W 37–34; offense 50.9 percentile2020 Week 16: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 53–48; offense 38.4 percentile2021 Week 1: LSU at UCLA · L 27–38; offense 37.4 percentile2021 Week 2: LSU vs. McNeese · W 34–7; offense 2.8 percentile2021 Week 3: LSU vs. Central Michigan · W 49–21; offense 84.0 percentile2021 Week 4: LSU at Mississippi State · W 28–25; offense 66.1 percentile2021 Week 5: LSU vs. Auburn · L 19–24; offense 22.1 percentile2021 Week 6: LSU at Kentucky · L 21–42; offense 79.0 percentile2021 Week 7: LSU vs. Florida · W 49–42; offense 92.9 percentile2021 Week 8: LSU at Ole Miss · L 17–31; offense 18.9 percentile2021 Week 10: LSU at Alabama · L 14–20; offense 36.6 percentile2021 Week 11: LSU vs. Arkansas · L 13–16; offense 5.6 percentile2021 Week 12: LSU vs. UL Monroe · W 27–14; offense 24.1 percentile2021 Week 13: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 27–24; offense 75.8 percentile2021 Week 1: LSU vs. Kansas State · L 20–42; offense 44.9 percentile2022 Week 2: LSU vs. Southern · W 65–17; offense 77.1 percentile2022 Week 3: LSU vs. Mississippi State · W 31–16; offense 70.6 percentile2022 Week 4: LSU vs. New Mexico · W 38–0; offense 97.6 percentile2022 Week 5: LSU at Auburn · W 21–17; offense 17.6 percentile2022 Week 6: LSU vs. Tennessee · L 13–40; offense 20.4 percentile2022 Week 7: LSU at Florida · W 45–35; offense 97.1 percentile2022 Week 8: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 45–20; offense 98.0 percentile2022 Week 10: LSU vs. Alabama · W 32–31; offense 85.9 percentile2022 Week 11: LSU at Arkansas · W 13–10; offense 18.6 percentile2022 Week 12: LSU vs. UAB · W 41–10; offense 98.8 percentile2022 Week 13: LSU at Texas A&M · L 23–38; offense 70.9 percentile2022 Week 14: LSU vs. Georgia · L 30–50; offense 72.3 percentile2022 Week 1: LSU vs. Purdue · W 63–7; offense 99.4 percentile2023 Week 1: LSU vs. Florida State · L 24–45; offense 49.8 percentile2023 Week 2: LSU vs. Grambling · W 72–10; offense 93.7 percentile2023 Week 3: LSU at Mississippi State · W 41–14; offense 97.6 percentile2023 Week 4: LSU vs. Arkansas · W 34–31; offense 98.8 percentile2023 Week 5: LSU at Ole Miss · L 49–55; offense 99.4 percentile2023 Week 6: LSU at Missouri · W 49–39; offense 96.3 percentile2023 Week 7: LSU vs. Auburn · W 48–18; offense 99.1 percentile2023 Week 8: LSU vs. Army · W 62–0; offense 97.9 percentile2023 Week 10: LSU at Alabama · L 28–42; offense 97.2 percentile2023 Week 11: LSU vs. Florida · W 52–35; offense 94.6 percentile2023 Week 12: LSU vs. Georgia State · W 56–14; offense 99.9 percentile2023 Week 13: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 42–30; offense 68.1 percentile2023 Week 1: LSU vs. Wisconsin · W 35–31; offense 70.3 percentile2024 Week 1: LSU vs. USC · L 20–27; offense 45.2 percentile2024 Week 2: LSU vs. Nicholls · W 44–21; offense 42.1 percentile2024 Week 3: LSU at South Carolina · W 36–33; offense 71.5 percentile2024 Week 4: LSU vs. UCLA · W 34–17; offense 78.7 percentile2024 Week 5: LSU vs. South Alabama · W 42–10; offense 99.6 percentile2024 Week 7: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 29–26; offense 62.0 percentile2024 Week 8: LSU at Arkansas · W 34–10; offense 82.1 percentile2024 Week 9: LSU at Texas A&M · L 23–38; offense 46.8 percentile2024 Week 11: LSU vs. Alabama · L 13–42; offense 42.2 percentile2024 Week 12: LSU at Florida · L 16–27; offense 34.1 percentile2024 Week 13: LSU vs. Vanderbilt · W 24–17; offense 88.1 percentile2024 Week 14: LSU vs. Oklahoma · W 37–17; offense 78.4 percentile2024 Week 1: LSU vs. Baylor · W 44–31; offense 74.8 percentile2025 Week 1: LSU at Clemson · W 17–10; offense 31.7 percentile2025 Week 2: LSU vs. Louisiana Tech · W 23–7; offense 40.1 percentile2025 Week 3: LSU vs. Florida · W 20–10; offense 10.1 percentile2025 Week 4: LSU vs. SE Louisiana · W 56–10; offense 71.6 percentile2025 Week 5: LSU at Ole Miss · L 19–24; offense 18.1 percentile2025 Week 7: LSU vs. South Carolina · W 20–10; offense 42.2 percentile2025 Week 8: LSU at Vanderbilt · L 24–31; offense 59.0 percentile2025 Week 9: LSU vs. Texas A&M · L 25–49; offense 24.4 percentile2025 Week 11: LSU at Alabama · L 9–20; offense 13.1 percentile2025 Week 12: LSU vs. Arkansas · W 23–22; offense 25.4 percentile2025 Week 13: LSU vs. Western Kentucky · W 13–10; offense 28.5 percentile2025 Week 14: LSU at Oklahoma · L 13–17; offense 40.1 percentile2025 Week 1: LSU vs. Houston · L 35–38; offense 74.0 percentile2026 Week 1: LSU vs. Clemson · W 51–10; offense 95.5 percentile2014 offense season mean: 54.6 percentile2015 offense season mean: 72.0 percentile2016 offense season mean: 71.0 percentile2017 offense season mean: 69.3 percentile2018 offense season mean: 54.1 percentile2019 offense season mean: 95.5 percentile2020 offense season mean: 34.8 percentile2021 offense season mean: 43.1 percentile2022 offense season mean: 81.3 percentile2023 offense season mean: 95.6 percentile2024 offense season mean: 70.2 percentile2025 offense season mean: 35.1 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 44.0 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 95.5 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: LSU vs. Wisconsin · W 28–24; defense 86.1 percentile2014 Week 2: LSU vs. Sam Houston · W 56–0; defense 70.4 percentile2014 Week 3: LSU vs. UL Monroe · W 31–0; defense 98.2 percentile2014 Week 4: LSU vs. Mississippi State · L 29–34; defense 55.5 percentile2014 Week 5: LSU vs. New Mexico State · W 63–7; defense 91.2 percentile2014 Week 6: LSU at Auburn · L 7–41; defense 21.7 percentile2014 Week 7: LSU at Florida · W 30–27; defense 65.0 percentile2014 Week 8: LSU vs. Kentucky · W 41–3; defense 94.7 percentile2014 Week 9: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 10–7; defense 83.0 percentile2014 Week 11: LSU vs. Alabama · L 13–20; defense 95.5 percentile2014 Week 12: LSU at Arkansas · L 0–17; defense 78.0 percentile2014 Week 14: LSU at Texas A&M · W 23–17; defense 89.4 percentile2014 Week 1: LSU vs. Notre Dame · L 28–31; defense 48.4 percentile2015 Week 2: LSU at Mississippi State · W 21–19; defense 92.3 percentile2015 Week 3: LSU vs. Auburn · W 45–21; defense 79.1 percentile2015 Week 4: LSU at Syracuse · W 34–24; defense 56.4 percentile2015 Week 5: LSU vs. Eastern Michigan · W 44–22; defense 53.3 percentile2015 Week 6: LSU vs. South Carolina · W 45–24; defense 25.0 percentile2015 Week 7: LSU vs. Florida · W 35–28; defense 53.0 percentile2015 Week 8: LSU vs. Western Kentucky · W 48–20; defense 86.5 percentile2015 Week 10: LSU at Alabama · L 16–30; defense 34.2 percentile2015 Week 11: LSU vs. Arkansas · L 14–31; defense 21.4 percentile2015 Week 12: LSU at Ole Miss · L 17–38; defense 44.4 percentile2015 Week 13: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 19–7; defense 91.3 percentile2015 Week 1: LSU vs. Texas Tech · W 56–27; defense 91.4 percentile2016 Week 1: LSU vs. Wisconsin · L 14–16; defense 72.3 percentile2016 Week 2: LSU vs. Jacksonville State · W 34–13; defense 24.7 percentile2016 Week 3: LSU vs. Mississippi State · W 23–20; defense 84.0 percentile2016 Week 4: LSU at Auburn · L 13–18; defense 76.9 percentile2016 Week 5: LSU vs. Missouri · W 42–7; defense 81.6 percentile2016 Week 7: LSU vs. Southern Miss · W 45–10; defense 92.3 percentile2016 Week 8: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 38–21; defense 87.6 percentile2016 Week 10: LSU vs. Alabama · L 0–10; defense 92.8 percentile2016 Week 11: LSU at Arkansas · W 38–10; defense 75.7 percentile2016 Week 12: LSU vs. Florida · L 10–16; defense 55.1 percentile2016 Week 13: LSU at Texas A&M · W 54–39; defense 26.0 percentile2016 Week 1: LSU vs. Louisville · W 29–9; defense 95.8 percentile2017 Week 1: LSU vs. BYU · W 27–0; defense 99.3 percentile2017 Week 2: LSU vs. Chattanooga · W 45–10; defense 48.7 percentile2017 Week 3: LSU at Mississippi State · L 7–37; defense 11.6 percentile2017 Week 4: LSU vs. Syracuse · W 35–26; defense 50.5 percentile2017 Week 5: LSU vs. Troy · L 21–24; defense 45.5 percentile2017 Week 6: LSU at Florida · W 17–16; defense 37.5 percentile2017 Week 7: LSU vs. Auburn · W 27–23; defense 70.1 percentile2017 Week 8: LSU at Ole Miss · W 40–24; defense 69.4 percentile2017 Week 10: LSU at Alabama · L 10–24; defense 89.1 percentile2017 Week 11: LSU vs. Arkansas · W 33–10; defense 83.5 percentile2017 Week 12: LSU at Tennessee · W 30–10; defense 73.2 percentile2017 Week 13: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 45–21; defense 67.5 percentile2017 Week 1: LSU vs. Notre Dame · L 17–21; defense 68.4 percentile2018 Week 1: LSU vs. Miami · W 33–17; defense 50.3 percentile2018 Week 2: LSU vs. SE Louisiana · W 31–0; defense 80.5 percentile2018 Week 3: LSU at Auburn · W 22–21; defense 66.9 percentile2018 Week 4: LSU vs. Louisiana Tech · W 38–21; defense 44.9 percentile2018 Week 5: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 45–16; defense 76.0 percentile2018 Week 6: LSU at Florida · L 19–27; defense 71.9 percentile2018 Week 7: LSU vs. Georgia · W 36–16; defense 94.0 percentile2018 Week 8: LSU vs. Mississippi State · W 19–3; defense 85.9 percentile2018 Week 10: LSU vs. Alabama · L 0–29; defense 45.4 percentile2018 Week 11: LSU at Arkansas · W 24–17; defense 96.1 percentile2018 Week 12: LSU vs. Rice · W 42–10; defense 83.2 percentile2018 Week 13: LSU at Texas A&M · L 72–74; defense 63.3 percentile2018 Week 1: LSU vs. UCF · W 40–32; defense 79.9 percentile2019 Week 1: LSU vs. Georgia Southern · W 55–3; defense 98.8 percentile2019 Week 2: LSU at Texas · W 45–38; defense 42.3 percentile2019 Week 3: LSU vs. Northwestern State · W 65–14; defense 47.1 percentile2019 Week 4: LSU at Vanderbilt · W 66–38; defense 51.9 percentile2019 Week 6: LSU vs. Utah State · W 42–6; defense 98.7 percentile2019 Week 7: LSU vs. Florida · W 42–28; defense 33.6 percentile2019 Week 8: LSU at Mississippi State · W 36–13; defense 91.4 percentile2019 Week 9: LSU vs. Auburn · W 23–20; defense 97.1 percentile2019 Week 11: LSU at Alabama · W 46–41; defense 82.1 percentile2019 Week 12: LSU at Ole Miss · W 58–37; defense 20.0 percentile2019 Week 13: LSU vs. Arkansas · W 56–20; defense 90.0 percentile2019 Week 14: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 50–7; defense 82.0 percentile2019 Week 15: LSU vs. Georgia · W 37–10; defense 94.4 percentile2019 Week 1: LSU vs. Oklahoma · W 63–28; defense 87.3 percentile2019 Week 1: LSU vs. Clemson · W 42–25; defense 85.5 percentile2020 Week 4: LSU vs. Mississippi State · L 34–44; defense 4.2 percentile2020 Week 5: LSU at Vanderbilt · W 41–7; defense 70.1 percentile2020 Week 8: LSU vs. South Carolina · W 52–24; defense 16.6 percentile2020 Week 9: LSU at Auburn · L 11–48; defense 8.6 percentile2020 Week 12: LSU at Arkansas · W 27–24; defense 46.7 percentile2020 Week 13: LSU at Texas A&M · L 7–20; defense 100.0 percentile2020 Week 14: LSU vs. Alabama · L 17–55; defense 6.2 percentile2020 Week 15: LSU at Florida · W 37–34; defense 49.5 percentile2020 Week 16: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 53–48; defense 23.7 percentile2021 Week 1: LSU at UCLA · L 27–38; defense 38.1 percentile2021 Week 2: LSU vs. McNeese · W 34–7; defense 87.2 percentile2021 Week 3: LSU vs. Central Michigan · W 49–21; defense 94.9 percentile2021 Week 4: LSU at Mississippi State · W 28–25; defense 57.7 percentile2021 Week 5: LSU vs. Auburn · L 19–24; defense 31.9 percentile2021 Week 6: LSU at Kentucky · L 21–42; defense 15.3 percentile2021 Week 7: LSU vs. Florida · W 49–42; defense 25.4 percentile2021 Week 8: LSU at Ole Miss · L 17–31; defense 32.8 percentile2021 Week 10: LSU at Alabama · L 14–20; defense 99.6 percentile2021 Week 11: LSU vs. Arkansas · L 13–16; defense 93.8 percentile2021 Week 12: LSU vs. UL Monroe · W 27–14; defense 45.8 percentile2021 Week 13: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 27–24; defense 90.4 percentile2021 Week 1: LSU vs. Kansas State · L 20–42; defense 17.3 percentile2022 Week 2: LSU vs. Southern · W 65–17; defense 45.1 percentile2022 Week 3: LSU vs. Mississippi State · W 31–16; defense 90.6 percentile2022 Week 4: LSU vs. New Mexico · W 38–0; defense 92.3 percentile2022 Week 5: LSU at Auburn · W 21–17; defense 60.4 percentile2022 Week 6: LSU vs. Tennessee · L 13–40; defense 41.2 percentile2022 Week 7: LSU at Florida · W 45–35; defense 28.5 percentile2022 Week 8: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 45–20; defense 63.1 percentile2022 Week 10: LSU vs. Alabama · W 32–31; defense 74.5 percentile2022 Week 11: LSU at Arkansas · W 13–10; defense 99.2 percentile2022 Week 12: LSU vs. UAB · W 41–10; defense 99.0 percentile2022 Week 13: LSU at Texas A&M · L 23–38; defense 9.4 percentile2022 Week 14: LSU vs. Georgia · L 30–50; defense 39.7 percentile2022 Week 1: LSU vs. Purdue · W 63–7; defense 81.7 percentile2023 Week 1: LSU vs. Florida State · L 24–45; defense 8.9 percentile2023 Week 2: LSU vs. Grambling · W 72–10; defense 17.2 percentile2023 Week 3: LSU at Mississippi State · W 41–14; defense 80.7 percentile2023 Week 4: LSU vs. Arkansas · W 34–31; defense 10.1 percentile2023 Week 5: LSU at Ole Miss · L 49–55; defense 4.5 percentile2023 Week 6: LSU at Missouri · W 49–39; defense 31.5 percentile2023 Week 7: LSU vs. Auburn · W 48–18; defense 68.8 percentile2023 Week 8: LSU vs. Army · W 62–0; defense 89.8 percentile2023 Week 10: LSU at Alabama · L 28–42; defense 0.5 percentile2023 Week 11: LSU vs. Florida · W 52–35; defense 14.1 percentile2023 Week 12: LSU vs. Georgia State · W 56–14; defense 26.6 percentile2023 Week 13: LSU vs. Texas A&M · W 42–30; defense 56.1 percentile2023 Week 1: LSU vs. Wisconsin · W 35–31; defense 32.7 percentile2024 Week 1: LSU vs. USC · L 20–27; defense 62.9 percentile2024 Week 2: LSU vs. Nicholls · W 44–21; defense 8.7 percentile2024 Week 3: LSU at South Carolina · W 36–33; defense 55.3 percentile2024 Week 4: LSU vs. UCLA · W 34–17; defense 67.1 percentile2024 Week 5: LSU vs. South Alabama · W 42–10; defense 76.1 percentile2024 Week 7: LSU vs. Ole Miss · W 29–26; defense 73.1 percentile2024 Week 8: LSU at Arkansas · W 34–10; defense 79.7 percentile2024 Week 9: LSU at Texas A&M · L 23–38; defense 40.6 percentile2024 Week 11: LSU vs. Alabama · L 13–42; defense 11.2 percentile2024 Week 12: LSU at Florida · L 16–27; defense 23.6 percentile2024 Week 13: LSU vs. Vanderbilt · W 24–17; defense 45.7 percentile2024 Week 14: LSU vs. Oklahoma · W 37–17; defense 51.3 percentile2024 Week 1: LSU vs. Baylor · W 44–31; defense 66.9 percentile2025 Week 1: LSU at Clemson · W 17–10; defense 95.3 percentile2025 Week 2: LSU vs. Louisiana Tech · W 23–7; defense 99.7 percentile2025 Week 3: LSU vs. Florida · W 20–10; defense 55.4 percentile2025 Week 4: LSU vs. SE Louisiana · W 56–10; defense 59.4 percentile2025 Week 5: LSU at Ole Miss · L 19–24; defense 74.6 percentile2025 Week 7: LSU vs. South Carolina · W 20–10; defense 67.7 percentile2025 Week 8: LSU at Vanderbilt · L 24–31; defense 67.4 percentile2025 Week 9: LSU vs. Texas A&M · L 25–49; defense 12.4 percentile2025 Week 11: LSU at Alabama · L 9–20; defense 74.4 percentile2025 Week 12: LSU vs. Arkansas · W 23–22; defense 67.3 percentile2025 Week 13: LSU vs. Western Kentucky · W 13–10; defense 98.7 percentile2025 Week 14: LSU at Oklahoma · L 13–17; defense 68.3 percentile2025 Week 1: LSU vs. Houston · L 35–38; defense 25.9 percentile2026 Week 1: LSU vs. Clemson · W 51–10; defense 99.1 percentile2014 defense season mean: 80.3 percentile2015 defense season mean: 64.2 percentile2016 defense season mean: 76.0 percentile2017 defense season mean: 66.7 percentile2018 defense season mean: 75.3 percentile2019 defense season mean: 81.0 percentile2020 defense season mean: 38.7 percentile2021 defense season mean: 63.5 percentile2022 defense season mean: 70.8 percentile2023 defense season mean: 27.7 percentile2024 defense season mean: 49.7 percentile2025 defense season mean: 74.1 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 79.8 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 99.1 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2016Ed Orgeron / Les Miles
2021Ed Orgeron / Brad Davis
2022Brian Kelly
2025Brian Kelly / Frank Wilson
2026Lane Kiffin

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateLane KiffinCoaching change1
44.0 estimate95.5 games-only average
79.8 estimate99.1 games-only average
2025Brian Kelly / Frank WilsonCoaching change1335.174.1
2024Brian Kelly1370.249.7
2023Brian Kelly1395.627.7
2022Brian KellyCoaching change1381.370.8
2021Ed Orgeron / Brad DavisCoaching change1343.163.5
2020Ed Orgeron934.838.7
2019Ed Orgeron1595.581.0
2018Ed Orgeron1354.175.3
2017Ed Orgeron1369.366.7
2016Ed Orgeron / Les MilesCoaching change1271.076.0
2015Les Miles1272.064.2
2014Les Miles1354.680.3