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Kirk Herbstreit Reveals His Top 5 Teams In College Football After Week 3

by Staff Reporter

September 15, 202526 Comments

Matthew O'Haren-USA TODAY Sports

During the debut episode of the "Kirk Herbstreit Non Stop," Herbstreit sat down with ESPN's Joey Galloway and revealed his Top 5 teams in College Football after Week 3.

At the top of Herbstreit's list was LSU:

1. LSU Tigers
2. Penn State Nittany Lions
3. Ohio State Buckeyes
4. Miami Hurricanes
5. Georgia Bulldogs

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Tigercowboy•5 months

The rant told me we were the worst 3-0 team ever.

Clockwatcher68•5 months

Always liked Herbstreit. Salt of the earth I always said.

Tigertuxedo•5 months

What does that mean?

WhiskeyThief•5 months

Penn State has beaten 3 FCS teams. Whew ! and now a well deserved week off! Schedule difficulty rank 62 or so. 3 ranked teams on there entire schedule. Maybe 2. Indiana could slip from 19th before they play.
Why is this team in anyone’s conversation

Ghost of Colby•5 months

62 is beyond generous. That must be their schedule strength from a week or two ago, because PSU is now well past 100. They’ve had one of the easiest schedules of any of the 136 FBS teams.

TheWalrus•5 months

We are hypercritical of our own team, there are no juggernauts.

Ironhead985•5 months

I want to see what LSU's "A game" looks like. They played solid on the road at Clemson, but they seemed to sleepwalk through the last 2 games and kinda makes giddy. We haven't seen them put it all together yet.

Spankum•5 months

Herbstreit has always thought highly of LSU!

Tigerfan4545•5 months

I see a top five defense, but the verdict on the offense is still out. The sky is not falling and polls this early in the season are generally worthless. Get a few more conference games under our belt and we’ll know exactly what we’ve got.

CanebreakCajun•5 months

Smartest man ever.

Locoguan0•5 months

Simply shows that the guys who know what they are talking about understand that a pedestrian offense can work if your defense holds opponents to 10 points and 50 yards rushing per game.

pitchandcatch27•5 months

LSU at best is maybe 4 or 5th ranked because of the defense. I have not really seen a dominant team on both sides of the ball yet? OK, MIAMI, FSU maybe are very good. Until LSU starts putting numbers on the scoreboard they are not a #1 team. OM is coming up and we will know where we are then, because OM can score and run a fast-paced offense and LSU will have to score more than 20 points....

jp4lsu•5 months

He must not have watched the LSU Offense the last 2 weeks. But thanks for the compliment and endorsement. Hopefully Nuss gets fixed and can get back to his passing game.

RightWingTiger•5 months

He mustn’t have seen the game.

Wadey•5 months

I hope he is right. It just doesn’t feel this way.

LSUBlitzkrieg•5 months

You can devalue wins for every team if you try hard enough... just how great does the win against Texas at home look for Ohio State now? Who has Penn State beaten?

El Jefe de Tu Mama•5 months

Think of this way. Who can you say is better than us? Ohio State? Their best win is against a middling Texas team, whose QB Uncle Rico had 10 straight incompletions against UTEP? Penn State? They have 3 wins against 3 community colleges. Oregon? ok, they have beaten 2 power 5 teams, a terrible Ok State and mighty Northwestern. UGA? Ok, they beat UT at UT, maybe. Miami? They best win is against an 0-2 team.

TouchdownTony•5 months

I haven't seen an "elite" team this year. For me probably Miami is closest.

Bayou•5 months

But, But, But...wait...the LSU Offense sucks

otowntiger•5 months

Well it does and there is no doubt if it doesn’t improve quickly we will lose several games and fall completely out of the playoff picture.

StGeorgeTiger•5 months

That’s absolutely foolish. Several games?? Tell me you haven’t watched any other team without telling me.

Tigertuxedo•5 months

Did you see Michigan a couple of years ago? That offense wasn't great at all and they won the natty through defense

NorthstarinLA•5 months

Probably OSU, GA then LsU.

HoustonGumbeauxGuy•5 months

We would lose to Penn State and Ohio State, even being at #3 is generous

TigersX337•5 months

based on what? Penn State has played no one, Ohio State would struggle vs our defense.

Blueghost1978•5 months

Based on the fact that the only “Good” team we beat was a highly overrated Clemson team who is now out of the Top 25. Our offense has struggled against every team they’ve played INCLUDING LA Tech. Our defense is STELLAR, but Nussmeier has regressed. This offense is not saving their playbook, or beginning to gel, they are a HOT mess and we will be exposed very soon. Any Top 10 team in the League would STUFF this offense. I was really excited to see a 5th year Nuss carry us to the playoffs and win a Heisman but for whatever reason he has not lived up to the hype.