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LSU ranked No. 9 in preseason AP Poll

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Head Coach Brian Kelly takes the field as the LSU Tigers take on the Nicholls Colonels at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA. Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.

The 2025 college football season is just around the corner, as the AP Top 25 Preseason Poll dropped on Monday. LSU entered the rankings as a top ten team in the country, slotting in at number nine.

The AP Top 25 College Football Poll is the weekly ranking system used to rank teams throughout the regular season. The poll has more than 60 members of the Associated Press cast their votes for where teams should be ranked for the upcoming slate of college football games.

AP Top 25 College Football Rankings (Preseason)

  1. Texas
  2. Penn State
  3. Ohio State
  4. Clemson
  5. Georgia
  6. Notre Dame
  7. Oregon
  8. Alabama
  9. LSU
  10. Miami (FL)
  11. Arizona State
  12. Illinois
  13. South Carolina
  14. Michigan
  15. Florida
  16. SMU
  17. Kansas State
  18. Oklahoma
  19. Texas A&M
  20. Indiana
  21. Ole Miss
  22. Iowa State
  23. Texas Tech
  24. Tennessee
  25. Boise State

It will be a Top 10 matchup when LSU faces Clemson in the season-opener in less than three weeks as both teams sit inside the Top 10 of the AP Poll, which was released on Monday. LSU is ranked No. 9, while Clemson is No. 4. The LSU-Clemson contest will mark the first time in school history the Tigers will open the season in a Top 10 matchup for a true road game. LSU’s other two Top 10 season-opening matchups came at neutral sites – 2011 No. 4 LSU vs. No. 3 Oregon (Arlington, Texas); 2023 No. 5 LSU vs. No. 8 Florida State (Orlando, Fla.).

In addition to Clemson, six other teams on LSU’s 2025 schedule are ranked in the Top 25, a list topped by Alabama at No. 8 followed by South Carolina at No. 13, Florida at No. 15, Oklahoma at No. 18, Texas A&M at No. 19 at, and Ole Miss at No. 21. South Carolina, Florida and Texas A&M all come to Tiger Stadium this year, while the Tigers will end their season on the road at Oklahoma. The AP Poll features ten SEC teams with Texas leading the way at No. 1 followed by Georgia at No. 5. Tennessee at No. 24 rounds out the remaining SEC teams in Top 25.

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