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Fox Sports College Football analyst Joel Klatt released his 2023 College Football Preseason Top 25 this week and ranked LSU at No. 7.

LSU was one of five teams from the SEC included in his Top 25.

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Ohio State
4. Alabama
5. Penn State
6. Washington
7. LSU
8. USC
9. Clemson
10. Florida State
11. Utah
12. Tennessee
13. Oregon
14. Texas
15. Oregon State
16. Oklahoma
17. Kansas State
18. Notre Dame
19. TCU
20. Ole Miss
21. North Carolina
22. Iowa
23. Wisconsin
24. Texas Tech
25. UCLA

The Tigers were ranked No. 5 in the Preseason Coaches Poll released on Monday.
Filed Under: LSU Football
Originally published on TigerDroppings.com
32 Comments
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jiffyjohnson32 months
what am i missing about washington?
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TigerCoon32 months
you're missing that Joel Klatt is a retard
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benoit47932 months
Washington and Penn State ahead of us? really?
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BadaBingBadaBoom32 months
Washington? Lmao
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Bill W Tiger32 months
Who in the hell is Joel Klatt?
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Solo Cam32 months
Dudes letting that big 10 homerism show through. Pen state 5 and Michigan 2? Lol ok
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TouchdownTony32 months
He played at Colorado.
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deuce98532 months
Doesn't matter where he played he always tries to puff up the Big 10 more than they are. He makes money in their markets so obviously he's going to puff them up. Penn State, Michigan, and Ohio State all in the top 5 is laughable. Good teams but no way you can rank all 3 in top 5.
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Tigers4Lyfe32 months
@deuce985 You should know Michigan ended up #3 in the final CFP, Coaches and AP poll last year.
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CajunBullet32 months
Does Klatt's Preseason Poll mean anything to anyone other than Klatt?
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TigahJay32 months
5 PAC teams in top 15? Lol
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MT55532 months
Who?
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ELLSSUU32 months
Proof that you don’t need to be smart to be on TV
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OchoDedos32 months
Joel made sure he got those PAC 4 and Big 25 teams in his top 10
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dstone1232 months
So the dad from Chrissly Knows best is now a voter. Great.
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Saunson6932 months
Penn St is so slow and white. Same with Washington. Neither have had half the players drafted last decade as LSU.
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mla010032 months
Every year Kmart pads his ranking with Big 10 teams, only to watch the SEC teams dominate. His affiliation with the Big 10 is evident and makes his Poll laughable. He doesn’t seem to understand, it affects his credibility? He has now become a joke….
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rileytiger32 months
This looks like a little kids preseason poll!
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VaeVictus32 months
Klatt hates the SEC so much.
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VOR32 months
He does not hate the SEC. When asked, he has said it’s the strongest conference, top to bottom
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CanebreakCajun32 months
This guy and Danny Crynell should have a powwow.
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Sissidog0232 months
I thought they were the same, they’ve made a career of puffing up other conferences with moral victories to only whittle away in January when the SEC runs away with the crystal ball
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biohzrd32 months
I always just laugh at these polls. If you truly want your top 4 every year, just pick the best 4 teams from the SEC, and then the also ran.

This is why I can’t wait for the expanded playoff format. When the final four are always sec teams that blew out the teams from other conf, these polls will change.
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BayouBengal9932 months
I think it’s reasonable but maybe slightly bias which is fine since that’s the area he covers and knows, is confident in. Those teams have proven they are stable programs over the years with exception of maybe Michigan being the least of them besides last year. Anyone from the SEC footprint would probably do the same for the SEC.
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VOR32 months
Klatt has been very favorable toward SEC and LSU when interviewed on tv.
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Sissidog0232 months
No the SEC doesn’t need a bias they prove it on the field no matter how hard the fluff journalist try to make you look over here
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Oyster32 months
Preseason polls are like assholes everyone has one.
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Sissidog0232 months
Klatt, Homer much, but wait he’s so smart - smug more like it, just call the games dude, we can take our own IQ test, have another piece of avocado toast dweeb
He knows the SEC rules! But gotz to tow that company line sheep
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