BATON ROUGE — LSU opens the Lane Kiffin era ranked No.13 in the USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll, the organization announced on Tuesday. Over the 27-year span, the only seasons in which LSU wasn’t ranked in the preseason Top 25 came in 2000 (Nick Saban’s first year) and 2022 (Brian Kelly’s first year). The Top 25 matchup between LSU and Clemson will mark the first time since 1988 that a ranked LSU team will host a ranked opponent in the season-opener in Tiger Stadium. Other LSU opponents in the USA Today Preseason Top 25 include: No. LSU faces Texas, Texas A&M and Alabama in Tiger Stadium, while the Tigers will travel to face Ole Miss and Tennessee.