BATON ROUGE — After a 48-17 season-opening victory over in-state rival Tulane on Saturday night, the LSU football team moved ahead one spot to 13th in this week’s AP poll that was released on Monday. In the USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll that was released Sunday morning, LSU remained 16th.
Tenth-ranked Oregon State lost to Fresno State on Sunday evening, allowing LSU to jump ahead one spot. The coaches’ poll was released before that contest.
Elsewhere in the AP poll, Miami moved into the top spot after drumming Penn State. Florida moved from first to second while Texas and Nebraska swapped places at Nos. 4 and 5. Nos. 6-9 stayed the same and Georgia Tech replaced Oregon State at No. 10.
Fresno State, which beat Colorado on Aug. 25 and Oregon State on Sunday, entered the poll at No. 19, along with No. 24 Ohio State.
LSU head coach Nick Saban was selected as one of 60 coaches to vote in this season’s poll. He also voted on the Top 25 while at Michigan State.
The top six spots remained the same in the Week II coaches’ poll, while Tennessee and Oregon traded places for Nos. 7 and 8. Virginia Tech and Michigan rounded out the Top 10.
Washington dropped two spots after an open date and Mississippi State moved up a spot to No. 18 before opening the season tonight against Memphis.
Georgia and Purdue moved into this week’s poll at Nos. 24 and 25, while Colorado State and Alabama fell out of the poll after losses.
Associate Press Top 25
Sept. 3 – Sept. 9, 2001
| Team (First Place Votes) | Record | Votes | Previous | |
|
1. |
Miami (37) |
1-0 |
1,737 |
2 |
|
2. |
Florida (19) |
1-0 |
1,721 |
1 |
|
3. |
Oklahoma (10) |
2-0 |
1,633 |
3 |
|
4. |
Texas (4) |
1-0 |
1,482 |
5 |
|
5. |
Nebraska (2) |
2-0 |
1,474 |
4 |
|
6. |
Florida St. |
1-0 |
1,458 |
6 |
|
7. |
Oregon |
1-0 |
1,357 |
7 |
|
8. |
Tennessee |
1-0 |
1,355 |
8 |
|
9. |
Virginia Tech |
1-0 |
1,200 |
9 |
|
10. |
Georgia Tech |
2-0 |
988 |
11 |
|
11. |
Michigan |
1-0 |
963 |
12 |
|
12. |
Kansas St. |
0-0 |
943 |
13 |
|
13. |
LSU |
1-0 |
861 |
14 |
|
14. |
UCLA |
1-0 |
809 |
17 |
|
15. |
Washington |
0-0 |
728 |
15 |
|
16. |
Northwestern |
0-0 |
674 |
16 |
|
17. |
Notre Dame |
0-0 |
604 |
18 |
|
18. |
Mississippi St. |
0-0 |
571 |
20 |
|
19. |
Fresno St. |
2-0 |
554 |
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|
20. |
Clemson |
1-0 |
524 |
19 |
|
21. |
South Carolina |
1-0 |
422 |
21 |
|
22. |
Oregon St. |
0-1 |
293 |
10 |
|
23. |
Wisconsin |
1-1 |
208 |
22 |
|
24. |
Ohio St. |
0-0 |
189 |
23 |
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25. |
Georgia |
1-0 |
129 |
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Others receiving votes: Louisville 91, Purdue 73, Southern Cal 71, Pittsburgh 59, BYU 37, Illinois 36, Michigan St. 25, Toledo 25, Alabama 20, Southern Miss. 14, East Carolina 11, Colorado St. 10, Stanford 9, Colorado 8, Texas A&M 8, Mississippi 6, Auburn 4, Boston College 4, Marshall 4, Arkansas 2, Iowa St. 2, W. Michigan 2, Arizona St. 1, Indiana 1.
USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll
Sept. 2 – Sept. 8, 2001
| No. | Team |
Record |
Votes | Previous |
| 1. |
Florida (26) |
1-0 | 1,439 | 1 |
| 2. | Miami (Fla.) (22) | 1-0 | 1,423 | 2 |
| 3. | Oklahoma (9) | 2-0 | 1,370 | 3 |
| 4. |
Nebraska (1) |
2-0 | 1,248 | 4 |
| 5. |
Florida State |
1-0 | 1,244 | 5 |
| 6. |
Texas (1) |
1-0 | 1,184 | 6 |
| 7. |
Tennessee |
1-0 | 1,090 | 8 |
| 8. |
Oregon (1) |
1-0 | 1,083 | 7 |
| 9. |
Virginia Tech |
1-0 | 985 | 9 |
| 10. |
Michigan |
1-0 | 879 | 10 |
| 11. |
Kansas State |
0-0 | 850 | 11 |
| 12. | Oregon State | 0-0 | 826 | 12 |
| 13. |
Georgia Tech |
2-0 | 684 | 14 |
| 14. | UCLA | 1-0 | 676 | 15 |
| 15. | Washington | 0-0 | 632 | 13 |
| 16. |
LSU |
1-0 | 594 | 16 |
| 17. | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 527 | 17 |
| 18. | Mississippi State | 0-0 | 489 | 19 |
| 19. |
Clemson |
1-0 | 480 | 18 |
| 20. | Northwestern | 0-0 | 365 | 20 |
| 21. | South Carolina | 1-0 | 285 | 22 |
| 22. | Ohio State | 0-0 | 260 | 21 |
| 23. |
Wisconsin |
1-1 | 132 | 23 |
| 24. |
Georgia |
1-0 | 105 | NR |
| 25. | Purdue | 0-0 | 88 | NR |
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The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 60 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. This season’s voters: Terry Allen, Kansas; Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin; Gary Barnett, Colorado; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Todd Berry, Army; Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Jeff Bower, Southern Mississippi; Mack Brown, Texas; Watson Brown, Alabama-Birmingham; Keith Burns, Tulsa; Lloyd Carr, Michigan; Mike Cavan, Southern Methodist; Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.); Gary Crowton, Brigham Young; Gary Darnell, Western Michigan; Bob Davie, Notre Dame; Darrell Dickey, North Texas; Dennis Franchione, Alabama; Ralph Friedgen, Maryland; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Al Groh, Virginia; Walt Harris, Pittsburgh; Terry Hoeppner, Miami (Ohio); Joe Hollis, Arkansas State; Lou Holtz, South Carolina; Bobby Keasler, Louisiana-Monroe; Dirk Koetter, Arizona State; Mike Kruczek, Central Florida; Steve Logan, East Carolina; Sonny Lubick, Colorado State; Bill Lynch, Ball State; Glen Mason, Minnesota; Ron McBride, Utah; Dan McCarney, Iowa State; Rick Neuheisel, Washington; Gary Nord, Texas-El Paso; Joe Novak, Northern Illinois; Houston Nutt, Arkansas; Tom O’Brien, Boston College; George O’Leary, Georgia Tech; Lee Owens, Akron; Joe Paterno, Penn State; Bob Pruett, Marshall; Nick Saban, LSU; Jackie Sherrill, Mississippi State; R.C. Slocum, Texas A&M; John L. Smith, Louisville; Frank Solich, Nebraska; Steve Spurrier, Florida; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Bob Toledo, UCLA; Ted Tollner, San Diego State; Chris Tormey, Nevada; Ron Turner, Illinois; Charlie Weatherbie, Navy; Tyrone Willingham, Stanford.