LSU Among Contenders For 2014 College Playoff

On Tuesday, ESPN released a list of 16 potential teams and could be contenders for the upcoming 2014 College Football Playoff. LSU was included in the list.

Here is the full list:

Alabama Crimson Tide
Auburn Tigers
Baylor Bears
Clemson Tigers
Florida State Seminoles
Georgia Bulldogs
LSU Tigers
Michigan State Spartans
Ohio State Buckeyes
Oklahoma Sooners
Oregon Ducks
South Carolina Gamecocks
Stanford Cardinal
Texas A&M Aggies
UCLA Bruins
Wisconsin Badgers

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LSU Tigers
The kids are all right at LSU
By David Ching

BATON ROUGE, La. -- No team has been hit harder by the NFL draft recently than LSU. The Tigers have had 18 players selected in the last two drafts.

How does Les Miles cope with such attrition?

"When we lose underclassmen, we have got to recruit to those voids, and we do. Those guys come in [and play]," Miles said. "We played 15 freshmen last year, we played 15 freshmen the year before and we will play 15 freshmen again this year, generally speaking."

The Tigers' ability to withstand such personnel losses by relying on young talent will depend on a recruiting class that ESPN's Recruiting Nation ranked second nationally.

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