BATON ROUGE — While on the road to Tuscaloosa, the LSU men’s basketball team learned it had jumped one spot in each major national poll to No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 18 in the ESPN/USA Today Poll.
LSU (11-3, 0-0 SEC) defeated No. 18 Connecticut, 66-49, in its only contest of the week on Saturday evening at the Maravich Center.
The Tigers take on No. 14 Alabama (13-2, 0-1 SEC) to open Southeastern Conference play on Tuesday night. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
LSU was ranked in the 15th-consecutive AP poll dating back to 2005-06, while Alabama tumbled from No. 8 to 14 after a 27-point loss at unranked Arkansas on Saturday.
Week 10 AP Top 25
1. North Carolina (64) 14-1 1,788
2. Florida (3) 14-2 1,682
3. Wisconsin (1) 15-1 1,635
4. UCLA (4) 14-1 1,621
5. Ohio State 13-2 1,508
6. Kansas 13-2 1,410
7. Pittsburgh 14-2 1,265
8. Texas A&M 13-2 1,194
9. Oklahoma State 15-1 1,151
10. Arizona 12-2 1,141
11. Duke 13-2 1,090
12. Butler 14-1 916
13. LSU 11-3 898
14. Alabama 13-2 863
15. Oregon 14-1 830
16. Tennessee 13-2 697
17. Clemson 16-0 632
18. Air Force 15-1 567
19. Nevada 13-1 486
20. Memphis 11-3 428
21. West Virginia 13-1 342
22. Washington State 14-2 214
22. Notre Dame 13-2 214
24. Connecticut 12-2 188
25. Texas 11-3 99
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Georgetown 90, Maryland 74, Marquette 69, Northern Iowa 69, Washington 61, Arkansas 57, Kentucky 36, Missouri State 24, USC 13, Drexel 11, Virginia Tech 10, Wichita State 10, Southern Illinois 10, Syracuse 4, Providence 2, Indiana 1.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Marquette 15, Washington 24.
Week 10 ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. North Carolina (27) 14-1 771
2. Florida (2) 14-2 726
3. UCLA (2) 14-1 708
4. Wisconsin 15-1 680
5. Ohio State 13-2 645
6. Kansas 13-2 590
7. Pittsburgh 14-2 547
8. Arizona 12-2 508
9. Texas A&M 13-2 505
10. Oklahoma State 15-1 465
11. Duke 13-2 445
12. Butler 14-1 437
13. Alabama 13-2 380
14. Clemson 16-0 343
15. Air Force 15-1 342
15. Nevada 13-1 342
17. Oregon 14-1 295
18. LSU 11-3 284
19. Memphis 11-3 178
20. Tennessee 13-2 162
21. West Virginia 13-1 149
22. Connecticut 12-2 135
23. Washington State 14-2 79
24. Washington 11-4 75
25. Maryland 14-2 74
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Notre Dame 48, Northern Iowa 31, Texas 29, UNLV 21, Georgetown 18, Missouri State 14, USC 10, Drexel 9, Arkansas 8, Indiana 7, Kentucky 5, Michigan State 3, Syracuse 3, New Mexico State 2, Fresno State 1, Marquette 1.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Marquette 21, Notre Dame 22, Michigan State 24.