BATON ROUGE -- The LSU football team was ranked No. 2 in the initial College Football Playoff Rankings, it was announced on ESPN Tuesday evening.

After an open date this past weekend, LSU (7-0, 4-0 SEC) will next travel to face No. 4 Alabama (7-1, 4-1 SEC) on Saturday at 7 p.m. CT on CBS.

At the end of the 2015 regular season, the CFP rankings will determine which four teams will take part in the national semifinals to be held Dec. 31 in Arlington, Texas, and Miami Gardens, Fla. Winners of the semifinals will meet for the national championship on Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. CT in Glendale, Ariz.

Five other SEC teams appeared in the Top 20 of these initial rankings. LSU has all five on its schedule, including wins over No. 10 Florida and No. 20 Mississippi State.

College Football Playoff Rankings | LSU's CFP/BCS Poll History

Week 1 | Nov. 3, 2015

Rank, Team

1. Clemson

2. LSU

3. Ohio St.

4. Alabama

5. Notre Dame

6. Baylor

7. Michigan St.

8. TCU

9. Iowa

10. Florida

11. Stanford

12. Utah

13. Memphis

14. Oklahoma St.

15. Oklahoma

16. Florida St.

17. Michigan

18. Ole Miss

19. Texas A&M

20. Mississippi St.

21. Northwestern

22. Temple

23. UCLA

24. Toledo

25. Houston