LSU vs. Wisconsin

LSU and Wisconsin have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1971; officially, LSU leads 3–⁠1; as played, 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s LSU 4–⁠1. The NCAA vacated LSU’s win (2014); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
LSU leads 3–⁠1
LSU wins on file
4
Wisconsin wins on file
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1971
Longest streak
3 LSU
Current streak
1 LSU
Last 10 meetings
LSU 4–⁠1
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s2–⁠0
2010s1–⁠1
2020s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: LSU 1, Wisconsin 0
Average margin
8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At LSU
1–⁠0 LSU’s record at home
At Wisconsin
0–⁠1 Wisconsin’s record at home
Neutral sites
2–⁠1 LSU first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. LSU’s biggest win1972: LSU 27, Wisconsin 7by 20 points
  2. Wisconsin’s biggest win2016: Wisconsin 16, LSU 14by 2 points
  3. Ranked showdown2014: LSU 28, Wisconsin 24No. 14 Wisconsin at No. 13 LSU

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of LSU and Wisconsin, 1971 on130015001700190019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Garrett Nussmeier LSU2023

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2016.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Jan 1, 202413LSU 35, Wisconsin 31Raymond James StadiumReliaQuest Bowl
Sep 3, 2016Wisconsin 16, 5LSU 14Lambeau Field
Aug 30, 201413LSU 28, 14Wisconsin 24vacatedNRG Stadium
Sep 30, 19729LSU 27, Wisconsin 7at LSU
Sep 25, 197118LSU 38, Wisconsin 28at Wisconsin

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.