BATON ROUGE — Kickoff for LSU football 's 2025 season is just around the corner and it opens things up with a heavyweight bout.

Coach Brian Kelly and No. 9 LSU will hit the road in Week 1 to take on No. 6 Clemson inside Memorial Stadium on Saturday night (6:30 p.m. CT, ABC). Coach Dabo Swinney and Clemson won the Atlantic Coast Conference last year and made the 12-team College Football Playoff, something LSU aspires to do this year.

Quarterbacks Garrett Nussmeier for LSU and Cade Klubnik for Clemson are two preseason favorites for the 2025 Heisman Trophy and how each performs in the opener against a top 10 team will impact their resumes as the season progresses. BUY LSU FOOTBALL TICKETS

On paper, LSU-Clemson is an evenly matched showdown. As we head into the game, here a

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