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5 college football programs that will make surprise playoff push in 2022

By Connor Muldowney

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 30: Running back Braelon Allen #0 of the Wisconsin Badgers warms up before a game against the Arizona State Sun Devils in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium on December 30, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Badgers defeated the Sun Devils 20-13. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 30: Running back Braelon Allen #0 of the Wisconsin Badgers warms up before a game against the Arizona State Sun Devils in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium on December 30, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Badgers defeated the Sun Devils 20-13. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) /
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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA – DECEMBER 01: Brian Kelly (C) is introduced as the head football coach of the LSU Tigers by LSU President William F. Tate IV (L) and athletics director Scott Woodward during a news conference at Tiger Stadium on December 01, 2021 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA – DECEMBER 01: Brian Kelly (C) is introduced as the head football coach of the LSU Tigers by LSU President William F. Tate IV (L) and athletics director Scott Woodward during a news conference at Tiger Stadium on December 01, 2021 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

1. LSU Tigers (2021 record: 6-7)

Let’s all just act like we haven’t seen the videos of Brian Kelly’s awful dance moves with recruits and realize that he’s a dangerous addition to the program in Baton Rouge.

Kelly led Notre Dame to multiple playoff appearances and even a national title game appearance back before the four-team field existed. He did almost everything he could with the Irish, but he decided to go to a program that values football above all else. Notre Dame is an elite football school, but the priorities at LSU are pretty much “football and then everything else, I guess.”

The Tigers have forked over a ton of cash over the years to win games and going 9-3 or 10-2 every year just isn’t going to cut it — just ask Les Miles.

Kelly knows that.

The new head coach signed the No. 12 recruiting class in the country for 2022 and he brings in 13 transfers, most of which will be key players on next year’s roster.

LSU finished just 6-7 with a bowl loss to Kansas State in 2021, but I see much more success this coming season with a top-tier head coach leading one of the most talented rosters in the country.

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