Florida State’s plan to appeal NCAA sanctions against its athletic department could affect LSU athletics as well — specifically men’s outdoor track.The Seminoles’ men’s track and field team may be forced to vacate its 2007 national championship, in addition to nine other FSU teams that may have to vacate victories as a result of academic ineligibility, according to an NCAA ruling made Friday.”It’s our contention that we never played any ineligible players that we knew were ineligible,” Florida State Associate Athletic Director Rob Wilson told The Daily Reveille on Monday.The Tigers finished as runner-up to the Seminoles for the national championship in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and it’s possible LSU could profit from FSU’s vacated 2007 championship.LSU Senior Associate Athletic Director Herb Vincent said LSU has not heard from the NCAA regarding the situation.”We won’t hear anything until we hear if another school had to vacate a championship,” Vincent said. “We don’t know what to expect.”The NCAA may have set a precedent for similar situations when it forced Arkansas to vacate its 2004 and 2005 track championships after a final ruling in January. The Razorbacks’ championships were not given to another program.”Arkansas had to vacate a title, and it wasn’t awarded to anyone — it was just vacated,” Vincent said. “I don’t know if that’s a precedent.”Wilson said the NCAA did not specify what would happen to championships won during a competition like a meet.”[The NCAA] said it’s not a forfeit if it’s a head-to-head competition like a football game or a basketball game — it’s vacated. We can’t claim it as a victory, and they can’t claim it as a loss,” Wilson said. “What’s unclear is if it’s not cut and dry, where it’s not one team against another — like a track meet or a tennis tournament.”Wilson said Florida State is formulating an appeal to submit to the NCAA.—-Contact David Helman at [email protected]