What could hold the LSU Tigers back from making the College Football Playoff in 2023?

The LSU Tigers outperformed expectations in Brian Kelly's first season in Baton Rouge with a win over Alabama and a trip to Atlanta representing the West in the SEC Championship. While LSU fans finished 2022 with a great feeling about Brian Kelly, the expectations have raised even more for his second year with the Tigers. Are expectations even as high as an invitation to the College Football Playoff?

ESPN college football insider Heather Dinich broke down which programs are most likely to make the Playoff for the first time as well as programs most likely to make it back for the second time. LSU, along with Washington and Florida State, got a nod from Dinich as most likely to head back to the CFP for the second time.

If LSU does ultimately write a resume for themselves that is worthy of a bid to the Playoff, what factors will propel them there? Locked On LSU host Caroline Fenton breaks down what could get the Tigers to the big dance and coincidentally how those are the same factors that could hold LSU back this season.

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