ESPN Names 10 Potential First-Round Bye Teams For The College Football Playoff

It's only May, but the expectation for LSU Football this upcoming season continues to rise.

Most recently, the Tigers were named by ESPN as one of ten teams that could potentially earn first-round byes in the 12-team College Football Playoff.

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9. LSU: Expectations are soaring for the Tigers, especially with the return of quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, but are they ready to return to the top of the SEC? LSU doesn't play Texas or Georgia during the regular season, so we might not know unless they make it to the conference championship game.

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ESPN's Ten potential first-round bye teams:
1. Texas
2. Penn State
3. Clemson
4. Iowa State
5. Georgia
6. Ohio State
7. Miami
8. BYU
9. LSU
10. Boise State