LSU cracks the top 10 in ESPN’s final preseason SP+ rankings

The beginning of the 2024 college football season is less than two weeks away, and with that in mind, ESPN has released its final preseason SP+ rankings from ESPN’s Billy Connelly .

SP+ is an analytics-based system that focuses on how teams play rather than the wins and losses, and it’s a metric that likes LSU quite a bit entering the 2024 season.

The Tigers ranked in the top 10 of the final rankings, coming in at No. 10. The offense is expected to be elite, ranking No. 2 entering the season, and the defense is at least expected to be improved, coming in at No. 38.

SP+ is much less high on LSU’s special teams unit, which ranks just 83rd entering the season.

The Tigers will hope to compete for a College Football Playoff spot in 2024, but it won’t be easy. Despite ranking in the top 10, four SEC teams — Georgia , Alabama , Texas and Ole Miss — rank above LSU entering the season.

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