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.

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.

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

Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers will reportedly add former Miami Hurricanes defensive coordinator Lance Guidry to the 2025 staff, 247Sports' Matt Zenitz reported on Tuesday night. The Louisiana native,

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.

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.

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.

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.

Still, after the season the Tigers had three players from the offense taken in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft -- quarterback Jayden Daniels to the Washington Commanders at No. 2, wide receiver Malik Nabers to the New York Giants at No. 6 and wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. to the Jacksonville Jaguars at No. 23.

Opinions vary widely on Alabama, LSU, Miami, Illinois and BYU when it comes to the Way-Too-Early Top 25 projections.