LSU Football Preview 2025: Tigers Season Prediction, Win Total Projection, Top Players
LSU Tigers Key to the Season
Make more big defensive plays.This is LSU. It has among the best defensive backs in the country, but they're young and/or new. Last year's secondary wasn't awful, but the pass defense got roasted by USC at the beginning of the season, was ripped up in the win over Baylor in the end, and it only picked off six passes.The Tigers were 6-0 when coming up with an interception, and 3-4 when they didn't.
LSU Tigers Key Player
Tyree Adams, OT Soph.A good recruit - but not among the elite of the elite - Adams stepped up last year as a backup when he wasn't starting at guard. Now the 6-7, 310-pounder will be tried out at left tackle.All he has to do is replace Will Campbell while keeping Garrett Nussmeier from getting popped.X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN2025 LSU PreviewLSU Offense BreakdownLSU Defense Breakdown
LSU Tigers Top Transfer, Biggest Transfer Loss
Top Transfer In: Patrick Payton, EDGE Sr.A tall, skinny pass rusher when he came to Florida State, he's always had the athleticism and upside, and then he filled out and became a terror with 16 sacks and 32 tackles for loss over the last three seasons. He should be an All-SEC star at one of the LSU ends.Top Transfer Out: CJ Daniels, WR Sr.He started his career as a star at Liberty, averaging over 18 yards per catch with 21 touchdowns in his 106-catch four-year run. He came to LSU and was fine, making 42 grabs for 480 yards. The Tiger receiving corps is more than fine, but it's losing a veteran who should light it up for Miami.
LSU Tigers Key Game
at Clemson, Aug. 30USC 27, LSU 20 … Florida State 45, LSU 24 … Florida State 24, LSU 23 … UCLA 38, LSU 27 … Mississippi State 44, LSU 34 …LSU has lost five straight season openers since the epic 2019 national championship season, and each one all but ruined any national title hopes before things got going. Florida is coming up two weeks later, and a trip to Ole Miss is still up in September.Beat Clemson, LSU.- 2025 LSU Schedule Breakdown
LSU Tigers Top 10 Players
1. Garrett Nussmeier, QB Sr.2. Whit Weeks, LB Jr.3. Patrick Payton, EDGE Sr.4. Harold Perkins, Jr. LB Jr.5. Aaron Anderson, WR Jr.6. Mansoor Delane, CB Sr.7. Ashton Stamps, CB Soph.8. Jack Pyburn EDGE Sr.9. Nic Anderson, WR Jr.10. Barion Brown, WR/KR Sr.
LSU Tigers 2024 Fun Stats
- LSU Scoring: 2nd Quarter 147, 3rd Quarter 69- Sacks: LSU 34 for 214 yards, Opponents 15 for 126 yards- Fumbles: Opponents 21 (lost 8), LSU 10 (lost 5)
LSU Tigers 2025 Season Prediction, Win Total, What Will Happen
There are just enough unavoidable landmines to prevent this from being a dominant run, but it's not a hard enough schedule to ask for anything less than a 10-2 record and a trip to the College Football Playoff.Beating Arkansas, Florida, and South Carolina won't be easy, but those three are in Baton Rouge, so …At Alabama, at Clemson, at Oklahoma, at Ole Miss, Texas A&M. Those five games are the problem. Go 4-1, and LSU is in the College Football Playoff. Go 3-2, and it gets dicey. 2-3, and forget it.
LSU will do well in the big battles, but it'll biff one of those home games, either to Florida or South Carolina, to be just on the CFP outside looking in.Set The LSU Win Total At … 8.5Likely Wins: Louisiana Tech, SE Louisiana, WKU50/50 Games: at Alabama, Arkansas, at Clemson, Florida, at Oklahoma, at Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, at VanderbiltLikely Losses: No projected sure-thing losses 2025 LSU PreviewLSU Offense BreakdownLSU Defense Breakdown
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