BATON ROUGE — Just how far behind the College Football Playoff eight-ball had LSU football set itself the previous five seasons when losing its season opener?

Certainly, it's not something Brian Kelly and his now No. 4-ranked Tigers (1-0) have to worry about this season as it went on the road and defeated Clemson in a top 10 showdown to open the 2025 college football season.

For this year, the question is how much did LSU help itself by rallying to take down Clemson to start the season 1-0? BUY LSU FOOTBALL TICKETS

Let's crunch the numbers to see how the percentages change for teams making the playoff based on losing a game within the first two weeks of the season.

College Football Playoff teams making playoffs with early loss

The College Football Playoff started with a four

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