Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers have made significant changes this offseason to both the coaching staff and 2025 roster via the NCAA Transfer Portal. LSU boasts

The Fighting Irish were coming off their worst three-year stretch in some time when Kelly was hired. Through his 12 years in South Bend, Kelly compiled seven records of 10 or more wins and coached 55 NFL Draft picks, including 10 first-rounders.

Many overreacted when the Vols were dominated by Ohio State in the first round of the College Football Playoff, but it turned out that the Buckeyes were simply superior to everyone in the 12-team field.

LSU coach Brian Kelly has never entered a season like 2025, wherein excuses should be completely on the back burner.

That seems to be the case for LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly. Kelly is in the news because his former team, the No. 7 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish (14-2), played for a national championship. Kelly left after the 2021 regular season to take the head coaching job at LSU.

It's never too early to look ahead to next season's College Football Playoff despite the Ohio State Buckeyes capturing the National Championship just weeks ago.

Alabama hammered the Fighting Irish 42-14 in the BCS Championship Game. However, it was later discovered that Notre Dame committed NCAA violations during that time, so had to vacate wins from 2012 and 2013.

This loss for Notre Dame to Ohio State in the national title game wasn't Alabama 2013 all over again, but there were similarites. The differences were huge, though.

LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly will enter the 2025 season facing plenty of pressure. Kelly is entering his fourth season in Baton Rouge and although he's done a good job so far -- 29-11 in three seasons -- the former Notre Dame head coach is still looking to get the Tigers to the College Football Playoff for the first time since Joe Burrow,

When Brian Kelly left Notre Dame, he explained that part of the reason was that he wanted to be in an "environment" where he had the "resources" to win a national championship. On Monday night in Atlanta,

It's never too early to look ahead to the 2025 college football season, especially since Ohio State's victory against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship officially brought the 2024 campaign to an end this past week.

Here are five teams that didn’t make the College Football Playoff this season that should be strong contenders for qualification next season.