Since 1936 LSU Football in the AP Poll

Since 1936, the Associated Press has ranked college football teams in weekly polls.

While the AP Poll currently lists the Top 25 teams in the nation, from 1936 to 1961 the wire service only ranked 20 teams. And from 1962 to 1967 only 10 teams were recognized. From 1968 to 1988, the AP again resumed its Top 20 before expanding to 25 teams in 1989.

At the end of the 1947 season, the AP released an unofficial post-bowl poll which differed from the regular season final poll. Until the 1968 college football season, the final AP poll of the season was released following the end of the regular season, with the exception of the 1965 season.

Beginning in the 1968 season, the post bowl game poll became permanent and the AP championship reflected the bowl game results.

Notes:

• As of Oct. 27, 2019, LSU has been ranked No. 1 for 32 polls dating back to 1958.
• From Oct. 28, 1958, until Nov. 3, 1959, LSU was ranked No. 1 for 12-consecutive weeks.
• LSU has two victories over AP No. 1-ranked teams (Oct. 11, 1997, 28-21 over Florida; Jan. 7, 2008, 38-24 over Ohio St.)
• LSU was ranked No. 1 in the AP Preseason Top 25 in 1959

LSU Football in the AP Poll Week-by-Week

* No poll was conducted on Sept. 17, 2001, following the events of 9/11.