Does LSU make College Football Playoff field in ESPN's preseason bowl projections?

We’re set to see a much different-looking postseason format in college football in 2024.

After a decade in the four-team format, the College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 teams this season, and after turning in back-to-back 10-win seasons that would have likely had the Tigers included under the current format, they’re looking to finally get over that hump this fall.

However, ESPN doesn’t see it happening. In its preseason bowl projections, both Mark Schlabach and Kyle Bonagura have the Tigers missing the CFP and heading to fairly disappointing bowl locations.

Schlabach has LSU heading to Houston to take on Kansas in the Texas Bowl, while Bonagura has the team bookending the season with trips to Sin City as he projects it in the Las Vegas Bowl against newly minted Big Ten team Washington.

The Tigers are certainly hoping Year 3 under Brian Kelly will lead to something better than a mid-tier bowl destination, but with an expanded SEC and the New Year’s Six now being completely absorbed into the CFP structure, it’s not at all out of the realm of possibility.

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