BATON ROUGE — LSU has yet to play an official game, but the Associated Press media voters made an early season course correction on the Tigers’ ranking, dropping LSU two spots from five to seven in the second poll of the season.
The Tigers remained seventh in the second coaches’ poll released by ESPN/USA Today.
LSU was ranked fifth in the preseason AP poll, its highest preseason ranking since the 1989-90 poll. The Tigers have played one exhibition win, a 70-65 decision over EA Sports and play Louisiana College in its second exhibition game on Wednesday. LSU will be the last Southeastern Conference team to open its season on Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center against Nicholls State University.
AP Top 25
Week 2 | Nov. 13, 2006
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. Florida (65) 1-0 1,790 1
2. North Carolina (7) 0-0 1,704 2
3. Kansas 1-0 1,638 3
4. Pittsburgh 1-0 1,421 4
5. Ohio State 3-0 1,418 7
6. UCLA 0-0 1,403 6
7. LSU 0-0 1,387 5
8. Georgetown 1-0 1,265 8
9. Wisconsin 1-0 1,236 9
10. Alabama 1-0 1,131 11
10. Duke 1-0 1,078 12
12. Texas A&M 1-0 923 13
13. Memphis 0-0 832 14
14. Boston College 1-0 812 15
15. Arizona 0-1 713 10
16. Marquette 1-0 589 16
17. Washington 1-0 554 17
18. Syracuse 3-0 443 20
19. Texas 2-0 398 21
20. Creighton 0-0 395 19
21. Connecticut 1-0 369 18
22. Kentucky 0-0 344 22
23. Georgia Tech 1-0 283 23
24. Nevada 1-0 216 24
25. Tennessee 1-0 199 25
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Wichita State 153, Gonzaga 125, Southern Illinois 120, Xavier 92, Virginia 73, Florida State 55, Louisville 53, Villanova 42, Illinois 34, Indiana 17, Oklahoma State 16, Arkansas 14, DePaul 11, San Diego State 9, Virginia Tech 8, Michigan 6, Houston 5, Hofstra 4, Kansas State 4, Maryland 4, Bradley 2, Bucknell 2, Oregon 2, Purdue 1, Mississippi State 1, USC 1, Dayton 1, Brigham Young 1, Akron 1, George Mason 1, Harvard 1.
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
Week 2 | Nov. 13, 2006
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. Florida (30) 1-0 772 1
2. North Carolina 0-0 729 2
3. Kansas 1-0 711 3
4. Ohio State (1) 3-0 633 4
5. Pittsburgh 1-0 598 5
6. UCLA 0-0 593 5
7. LSU 0-0 564 7
8. Georgetown 1-0 547 8
9. Wisconsin 1-0 545 9
10. Duke 1-0 502 11
11. Alabama 1-0 432 12
12. Texas A&M 1-0 362 13
13. Memphis 0-0 356 14
14. Boston College 1-0 310 15
15. Washington 1-0 261 16
16. Arizona 0-1 258 10
17. Marquette 1-0 226 17
18. Texas 2-0 222 19
19. Connecticut 1-0 194 18
20. Syracuse 3-0 184 20
21. Georgia Tech 1-0 156 21
22. Kentucky 0-0 121 22
23. Nevada 1-0 103 25
24. Tennessee 1-0 102 24
25. Creighton 0-0 89 23
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Gonzaga 73, Wichita State 60, Louisville 54, Southern Illinois 48, Xavier 35, Illinois 34, Air Force 25, Villanova 24, San Diego State 21, Michigan State 21, Oklahoma State 18, Michigan 17, Maryland 16, Virginia 14, DePaul 9, Florida State 9, George Mason 8, Indiana 4, Houston 3, George Washington 2, Brigham Young 2, Hofstra 2, Saint Louis 2, Winthrop 2, Mississippi State 1, New Mexico State 1.