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SEC meets Thursday to decide whether to kick LSU out of conference NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - LSU has finalized its football roster for the remainder of the season, according to Yahoo Sports, and the school left out two former NFL players. The roster is now locked following the reported addition of defensive end Gabriel Reliford and cornerback Aidan Anding, who are not former NFL players. The additions give the Tigers the maximum of 105 players, meaning LSU won’t be able to add fifth-year eligible players Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris. The move does not mean Thursday’s planned vote to expel LSU from the SEC by SEC member presidents and chancellors won’t still go on. As of now, the vote remains scheduled to take place. Some in sports world call SEC threats empty The dispute extends beyond LSU over the future of college football. The SEC filed lawsuits outside of Louisiana to force LSU’s hand on who can play. Matt Moscona, host of 104.5 ESPN Baton Rouge and LouisianaSports.Net, said it’s unlikely LSU and the SEC will part ways. “LSU is a big brand. Lane Kiffin is a lightning rod and it involves football,” Moscona said. Moscona said both entities have too much at stake. “I can’t even fathom a scenario where the South Eastern Conference leadership or LSU leadership would actually allow this to happen,” Moscona said. Moscona said a move that drastic could have impacts across the SEC involving schedules, TV deals, tickets and other contractual obligations. “If this were an immediate expulsion, think about the nine conference games that LSU is scheduled to play this year that would all be wiped off the schedule. The home games, the TV visibility, the tickets, the parking, the budgets associated with that. If you’re expelling LSU, you’re expelling them for football, basketball, baseball and every other sport that you’ve scheduled for this year and have future schedules already locked in. It would be an absolute cataclysmic mess to expel LSU from the South Eastern Conference,” Moscona said. David Ridpath, who specializes in NCAA compliance, sports law and sports administration at Ohio University, agreed. “I don’t think that this warrants full expulsion. We are talking about NCAA rules that are on the books right now where the NCAA has let many professional athletes in many different sports come back. Yet, they’re trying to draw this line here,” Ridpath said. Moscona said the SEC wants LSU to publicly concede. “What I think the South Eastern Conference wants is for LSU to publicly wave the white flag. To say we will abide by the new rule and not roster these players. The SEC would see that as a public win,” Moscona said. With LSU’s decision Tuesday night to fill its roster with players who did not practice with the NFL, it remains to be seen if the SEC will be satisfied. Attorney general responds Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, speaking on Moscona’s show, said there is no evidence that LSU did anything wrong. The SEC named Murrill in its federal lawsuit filed in Alabama. “When you enforce your rules, can you just go nuclear and who does it effect?” Murrill said. “The players now have huge economic interests built into this system and they didn’t use to have that,” Murrill said. It’s unclear if the SEC’s lawsuit will move forward. A federal judge will hold a motions hearing Wednesday at 1 p.m. The SEC wants the courts to ensure LSU can’t do anything to delay or disrupt Thursday’s meeting. At least two-thirds of SEC schools would need to agree to expel LSU, which is a founding member. See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Click Here to report it. Please include the headline. Subscribe to the Fox 8 YouTube channel. Copyright 2026 WVUE. All rights reserved.