The Tigers enter the 2023 season as a top-five team according to most metrics, including both the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP Top 25.
However, in Pro Football Focus’ preseason top 25 rankings, which were released earlier this week, there are some deviations. Unlike the others, the Tigers sit just outside PFF’s top 5 at No. 6.
That’s behind No. 4 Florida State, which LSU faces in Orlando to open the season. It’s also behind a pair of SEC teams in No. 1 Georgia and No. 5 Alabama.
Still, PFF’s Max Chadwick is high on the Tigers. Here’s what he wrote about Brian Kelly’s team entering the season.
In his first year as LSU’s head coach, Brian Kelly turned a program that was coming off its worst two-season stretch of the 21st century into one that played in the SEC championship game. Jayden Daniels is back at quarterback for the Tigers after leading the FBS in both rushing yards (1,079) and turnover-worthy play rate (0.6%) among quarterbacks. With those two spearheading the program in addition to some emerging superstars like linebacker Harold Perkins Jr., LSU should once again compete for an SEC title and, potentially, a playoff berth.
The Tigers have a lot of talent on both sides of the ball as they look to run it back as SEC West division champions and hopefully compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff.
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