SEC Scheduling Model Ends Annual LSU-Alabama Football Rivalry After This Season
The SEC's new scheduling model ends the annual matchup between LSU and Alabama after this Saturday's game, a move Lane Kiffin attributes to financial factors.
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The odds
Each tick is a source publishing on this story · 5 more published before price tracking began
Price data
| Time | Chance of yes |
|---|---|
| now | 33% |
| 5 Nov, 23:44 UTC | 33% |
The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 11 articles since 2 Nov 2026. SI Feed published first, on 2 November at 14:00 UTC; feeds.bleacherreport.com followed 7h 13m later. The most recent article, from SI Feed, appeared on 7 November at 00:00 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: SI Feed, feeds.bleacherreport.com, CBS Sports Headlines.
3 prediction markets price this story:
- Alabama vs. LSU — the market puts it at 33%, with $4k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 7 Nov 2026. The Alabama outcome wins if Alabama defeats LSU in their scheduled November 7 game, including any overtime periods. The LSU outcome wins if LSU defeats Alabama under the same conditions. Readers often mistake a postponed or canceled game for a tie, but these scenarios result in a 50-50 split rather than a win for either team.
- Spread: LSU (-6.5) — the market puts it at 49%, with $27k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 7 Nov 2026. LSU wins if it beats Alabama by seven points or more. Alabama wins if LSU loses or wins by six points or fewer. Readers often mistake the spread for a simple win condition, but LSU must cover the -6.5 point margin to trigger its outcome.
- LSU to beat Texas in regular season and National Championship — the market puts it at 10%, with $104 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 8 Feb 2027. LSU must win both its regular-season game against Texas and the 2026-27 National Championship game for the outcome to be Yes. The market resolves to No if LSU loses either of those two specific games.
Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.
How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Alabama vs. LSU at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.
- SI FeedLSU Has a Golden Opportunity to Change Its Alabama Narrative—
- feeds.bleacherreport.comLane Kiffin Laments End of LSU-Alabama Yearly Rivalry Game, 'Really Come Down to Money'—
- SI Feed3 Battles LSU Must Win to Take Down Alabama—
- CBS Sports HeadlinesAlabama vs. LSU prediction, pick, odds, spread: Crimson Tide, Tigers collide in Death Valley—
- SI FeedLSU Could Find a Huge Advantage After Alabama's First Injury Report—
- SI FeedThree Matchups That Will Decide Alabama's Week 10 Game Against LSU33%
- SI FeedNo. 14 LSU vs. No. 5 Alabama: How to Watch, Odds, Injuries, and More33%
- SI FeedLSU Star Trey’Dez Green Has an Unexpected Connection to Alabama33%
- CBS Sports HeadlinesAlabama vs. LSU prediction, odds, time: Week 10 college football picks from proven model33%
- SI FeedAlabama’s Pass Defense Has a Problem That LSU WR Jackson Harris Can Exploit33%
- SI FeedLSU vs. Alabama Is About to Lose Something That Made the Rivalry Special33%
- Current odds33%
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- LSU vs. Alabama Is About to Lose Something That Made the Rivalry Special SI Feed
- Alabama’s Pass Defense Has a Problem That LSU WR Jackson Harris Can Exploit SI Feed
- Alabama vs. LSU prediction, odds, time: Week 10 college football picks from proven model CBS Sports Headlines
- LSU Star Trey’Dez Green Has an Unexpected Connection to Alabama SI Feed
- Three Matchups That Will Decide Alabama's Week 10 Game Against LSU SI Feed
- No. 14 LSU vs. No. 5 Alabama: How to Watch, Odds, Injuries, and More SI Feed
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- LSU Could Find a Huge Advantage After Alabama's First Injury Report SI Feed
- Alabama vs. LSU prediction, pick, odds, spread: Crimson Tide, Tigers collide in Death Valley CBS Sports Headlines
- 3 Battles LSU Must Win to Take Down Alabama SI Feed
- Lane Kiffin Laments End of LSU-Alabama Yearly Rivalry Game, 'Really Come Down to Money' feeds.bleacherreport.com
- LSU Has a Golden Opportunity to Change Its Alabama Narrative SI Feed
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- Polymarket Alabama vs. LSU 33%
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- Polymarket Spread: LSU (-6.5) 49% −1
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- Kalshi LSU to beat Texas in regular season and National Championship 10% +1
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