BATON ROUGE — The LSU football team was ranked No. 2 by the Associated Press in the writers’ preseason poll released Saturday, as half of the Southestern Conference’s teams appeared in the Top 25.
Coming off of consecutive 11-win seasons, the Tigers received two of 65 first place votes. USC was ranked No. 1 with 62 first-place votes.
AP Preseason Top 25
1. USC (62) 0-0 1,622
2. LSU (2) 0-0 1,511
3. West Virginia (1) 0-0 1,396
4. Texas 0-0 1,375
5. Michigan 0-0 1,371
6. Florida 0-0 1,276
7. Wisconsin 0-0 1,192
8. Oklahoma 0-0 1,166
9. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,148
10. Louisville 0-0 1,031
11. Ohio State 0-0 876
12. California 0-0 790
13. Georgia 0-0 782
14. UCLA 0-0 605
15. Tennessee 0-0 571
16. Rutgers 0-0 560
17. Penn State 0-0 542
18. Auburn 0-0 519
19. Florida State 0-0 392
20. Nebraska 0-0 377 .
21. Arkansas 0-0 376
22. TCU 0-0 283
23. Hawaii 0-0 256
24. Boise State 0-0 187
25. Texas A&M 0-0 162
Others Recieving Votes
Missouri 128, Georgia Tech 94, Boston College 75, Oregon 73, South Carolina 69, Miami (FL) 68, Alabama 66, Oregon State 42, Wake Forest 40, South Florida 28, Arizona State 17, Brigham Young 14, Southern Miss 12, Notre Dame 11, Virginia 7, Clemson 6, Oklahoma State 3, Texas Tech 2, Purdue 1, Houston 1, Kentucky 1, North Carolina State 1.
AP Preseason No. 1 Teams
2007 – Southern Cal
2006 – Ohio St.
2005 – Southern Cal
2004 – Southern Cal – x
2003 – Oklahoma
2002 – Miami
2001 – Florida
2000 – Nebraska
1999 – Florida St. – x
1998 – Ohio St.
1997 – Penn St.
1996 – Nebraska
1995 – Florida St.
1994 – Florida
1993 – Florida St. – x
1992 – Miami
1991 – Florida St.
1990 – Miami
1989 – Michigan
1988 – Florida St.
1987 – Oklahoma
1986 – Oklahoma
1985 – Oklahoma – x
1984 – Auburn
1983 – Nebraska
1982 – Pittsburgh
1981 – Michigan
1980 – Ohio St.
1979 – Southern Cal
1978 – Alabama – x
1977 – Oklahoma
1976 – Nebraska
1975 – Oklahoma – x
1974 – Oklahoma – x
1973 – Southern Cal
1972 – Nebraska
1971 – Notre Dame
1970 – Ohio St.
1969 – Ohio St.
1968 – Purdue
1967 – Notre Dame
1966 – Alabama
1965 – Nebraska
1964 – Mississippi
1963 – Southern Cal
1962 – Ohio St.
1961 – Iowa
1960 – Syracuse
1959 – LSU
1958 – Ohio St.
1957 – Oklahoma
1956 – Oklahoma – x
1955 – UCLA
1954 – Notre Dame
1953 – Notre Dame
1952 – Michigan St. – x
1951 – Tennessee – x
1950 – Notre Dame
x – won national championship