LSU, the defending national champions, will not participate in the postseason this year.
The school announced Wednesday that the football program will self-impose a one-year postseason ban as part of an ongoing NCAA case. LSU previously self-imposed an array of recruiting restrictions primarily stemming from a two-year-old case involving a booster who paid approximately $180,000 in stolen money to the father of a former LSU football player.
LSU also faced NCAA scrutiny for Odell Beckham giving out $100 bills to players after last year’s national title game and an instance of impermissible conduct with a recruit by head coach Ed Orgeron.