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ESPN Projects 2025 College Football Playoff Bracket

by Staff Reporter

January 28, 202530 Comments

John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

ESPN unveiled their 2025 College Football Playoff Bracket this week and has LSU as a No. 10 seed playing No. 7 Notre Dame in South Bend in the first-round.

The Irish are projected to win and move on to face No. 2 Penn State in the Rose Bowl. Per On3:

First Round:
12. Boise State at 5. Alabama
11. North Carolina at 6. Texas
10. LSU at 7. Notre Dame
9. Ohio State at 8. Michigan

College Football Playoff Quarterfinals:
8. Michigan vs. 1. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
5. Alabama vs. 4. Louisville (Orange Bowl)
6. Texas vs. 3. Utah (Cotton Bowl)
7. Notre Dame vs. 2. Penn State (Rose Bowl)

College Football Playoff Semifinals:
5. Alabama vs. 1. Georgia (Peach Bowl)
3. Utah vs. 2. Penn State (Fiesta Bowl)

College Football Playoff National Championship:
1. Georgia vs. 2. Penn State

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J2thaROC•11 months

Zero chance Bama makes the playoffs next year.

LSUbacchus81•11 months

Damn yall can muster some stupid shite

CSATiger•11 months

Bama not making it to the semis

Flablete•11 months

In this scenario...LSU beats both Notre Dame and Penn State then Utah!

Not to mention gets to win in South Bend (Finally shut them people up) and goto Rose Bowl!

PsychTiger•11 months

Winning the National Championship and then firing the coach, fulfilling every Rant posters dream season!

theballguy•11 months

lol

mortis381•11 months

The fact they have UGA and Bama as the top 2 in the SEC with both losing alot of talent on both sides of the ball and starting brand new QBs kills any credibility of this prediction.

tigerfan84•11 months

Did I miss something on Utah?

TDFreak•11 months

Way too much hype for UNC just because of Belichik. I think Clemson has a better shot than the Tarheels IMO.

Furious•11 months

This recent Penn State love fest is baffling. They consistently lose to any decent team. Their QB can barely complete a forward pass. Their program is a joke.

Also, ND is going to lose 5 games minimum next year.

mcspufftiger7•11 months

ND is losing their entire Oline to portal.

cbree88•11 months

LSU has assembled as badass championship-caliber roster. The college football world is going to be shocked since their sleeping on LSU so bad right now.

MardiGrasCajun•11 months

It’s January. What has Kelly’s teams done to wake up everyone up in January? The college football world will be shocked if he wins the first game of the season.

tigerfoot•11 months

Sleeping? They have us in the playoff.

Hoosyadaddy•11 months

The ingredients are there for sure. Can all the new talent be pulled together as a team. Time will tell

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rileytiger•11 months

Defense will be the key if LSU can even be in playoff discussion. Provided Nuss stays healthy of course

BPTiger•11 months

Funny how high every publication is on Penn state

LSU82Cajun•11 months

LSU if the get their defense in a top 30 realm will kick Irish

Gnash•11 months

Moscona interviewed the ESPN writer that came up with this, the dude basically said he was trying to come up with the most interesting matchups for clicks. He said the UNC pick was just a flier- he wanted to pick a dark horse ala Indiana and SMU this past season

texastigerr•11 months

I predict that not one of these match ups will happen. Not one.

Bucky_B•11 months

last year I was all gung-ho that we were going to be a great team. Then we lost the opener for the 5th straight season. I'm not going to believe they will have a good team until I see it. I will hope, but not getting let down again.

cbree88•11 months

LOL. ESPN still mad at Bryan Kelly for leaving Notre Dame for LSU so they’re wishing into existence this scenario where Marcus Freeman kicks Bryan Kelly’s arse in the playoffs.

Tigers4Lyfe•11 months

Brian

Bayou•11 months

Sleepin' on the Sun Devils - AGAIN?

crownNbull•11 months

Skattebo will not be there next year. They take a step back.

David Fellows•11 months

LSU lmao......Alabama lmao...

LSUbacchus81•11 months

Yet North Carolina is ok ?

friendlyobservation•11 months

LSU is going to be a top 5 talented team in the country next year. If BK doesn't get in he's on the hot seat. No excuses anymore talent wise. He'll also have one of the best QBs in the country.