BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference has imposed another six-figure fine for fans storming the field, this time hitting LSU with a $250,000 penalty.
The league announced the financial punishment Sunday, less than 24 hours after LSU fans ran onto the football field in Baton Rouge to celebrate the Tigers’ win over SEC West rival Ole Miss.
The 45-20 win vaulted the Tigers (6-2, 4-1) back into the AP Top 25 at No. 18 and dropped the Rebels (7-1, 3-1) from seventh to 15th, but it proved costly to LSU.
It’s the school’s third violation of the SEC’s access to competition area policy. LSU had been most recently fined for a violation after its football game against Georgia in 2018.
On Oct. 16, Tennessee was fined $100,000 the day after its postgame celebration of a win over Alabama in Knoxville. Fans heaved the uprooted goal posts from Neyland Stadium into the Tennessee River in the wild atmosphere of a victory that snapped a 15-game losing streak in the series between old rivals.