Lane Kiffin’s Big-Game Problem Has Followed Him to LSU

Lane Kiffin’s first season at LSU took another hit Saturday, when No. 5 Alabama beat the 14th-ranked Tigers 31-13 at Tiger Stadium. The loss dropped LSU to 6-3 and nearly ended its hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff.

It also left Kiffin 15-27 against ranked opponents in his career.

But Kiffin's numbers are even more staggering as the opponents' rankings get higher: 12-26 against the top 20, 10-21 against the top 15 and 6-18 against the top 10.

This season alone, Kiffin's LSU team is 0-3 against teams in the College Football Playoff rankings.

Yet Another Alabama Setback

Kiffin fell to 0-6 against Alabama as a head coach. LSU led 13-10 in the third quarter before allowing 21 unanswered…