SEC RANKINGS
Where the Southeastern Conference football recruiting classes stand according to 247Sports.com (including national rank):1. LSU (1)2. Georgia (5)3. Ole Miss (6)4. Florida (7)5. Alabama (8)6. Auburn (10)7. Texas A&M (19)8. Tennessee (21)9. Arkansas (26)10. South Carolina (29)11. Kentucky (30)12. Mississippi State (43)13. Vanderbilt (54)14. Missouri (59)
As LSU was preparing for its regular-season football finale in late November against visiting Texas A&M, Tigers coach Les Miles did not know whether it was going to be his final game in Baton Rouge.
There was also the matter of LSU’s top-ranked recruiting class, which had the potential to implode with a change in command.
“We’ve made plans to tactically recruit our board,” Miles said during a news conference. “We go forward and obviously I’m the coach, or something happens and I’m not the coach.”
LSU defeated the Aggies 19-7, and Miles was given the opportunity to continue coaching by athletic director Joe Alleva. The Tigers went on to crush Texas Tech in the Texas Bowl to wrap up a 9-3 season, and their recruits have held firm.