The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that OU’s season finale next week at LSU will kick off at 6 p.m. A night game in Baton Rouge is considered as challenging a road atmosphere as there is in all of college football, much less the demanding SEC. Tiger Stadium seats 102,321, and LSU fans are renowned for being unfriendly to visiting teams.

The most compelling aspect of the College Football Playoff race at the moment may not be who will get into the 12-team field but who will be left out. A logjam of two-loss SEC teams, including Tennessee,

Another wild day of SEC football action didn’t exactly settle anything in terms of the conference championship and playoff races, but did provide some clarity. Wins by South Carolina over Missouri and Florida over LSU cut the number of SEC teams that could finish with two or fewer losses from eight to six.