BATON ROUGE — Coming off a 23-9 victory over Vanderbilt in its home opener, the LSU football team advanced two spots in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches Poll on Sunday.
The Tigers (2-0) were ranked No. 9 by the AP writers and tied for seventh by the coaches.
The AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Florida (56) 2-0 1,491 1
2. Texas (1) 2-0 1,404 2
3. Southern Cal (1) 2-0 1,396 3
4. Alabama (2) 2-0 1,328 4
t5. Mississippi 1-0 1,145 6
t5. Penn St. 2-0 1,145 7
7. BYU 2-0 1,122 9
8. California 2-0 1,058 10
9. LSU 2-0 951 11
10. Boise St. 2-0 945 12
11. Ohio St. 1-1 840 8
12. Oklahoma 1-1 835 13
13. Virginia Tech 1-1 749 14
14. Georgia Tech 2-0 683 15
15. TCU 1-0 609 16
16. Oklahoma St. 1-1 445 5
17. Cincinnati 2-0 407 23
18. Utah 2-0 405 17
19. Nebraska 2-0 365 22
20. Miami 1-0 364 20
21. Houston 2-0 341 NR
22. Kansas 2-0 271 24
23. Georgia 1-1 260 21
24. North Carolina 2-0 250 19
25. Michigan 2-0 169 NR
Others receiving votes: Missouri 93, Pittsburgh 87, Oregon St. 64, Texas Tech 54, UCLA 44, Notre Dame 40, West Virginia 30, Auburn 26, Iowa 23, Boston College 19, Baylor 15, Clemson 10, Oregon 5, Arizona 4, Arkansas 3, Colorado St. 2, Florida St. 1, Minnesota 1, South Florida 1.
USA TODAY TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL ? Sept. 13, 2009
The Top 25 football coaches poll, with team’s records in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received:
Rank, School (record), Points, Last week’s rank, First-place votes
1. Florida (2-0) 1472 1 56
2. Texas (2-0) 1399 2 0
3. Southern California (2-0) 1368 3 3
4. Alabama (2-0) 1277 4 0
5. Penn State (2-0) 1216 5 0
6. Mississippi (1-0) 1060 8 0
7. (tie) LSU (2-0) 1051 9 0
7. (tie) California (2-0) 1051 10 0
9. Brigham Young (2-0) 941 12 0
10. Boise State (2-0) 913 11 0
11. Ohio State (1-1) 855 7 0
12. Oklahoma (1-1) 794 14 0
13. Georgia Tech (2-0) 771 13 0
14. Virginia Tech (1-1) 709 15 0
15. TCU (1-0) 648 16 0
16. Utah (2-0) 533 17 0
17. Oklahoma State (1-1) 485 6 0
18. Nebraska (2-0) 471 18 0
19. North Carolina (2-0) 341 19 0
20. Georgia (1-1) 333 21 0
21. Cincinnati (2-0) 328 23 0
22. Miami (Fla.) (1-0) 291 22 0
23. Kansas (2-0) 195 25 0
24. Oregon State (2-0) 118 24 0
25. Missouri (2-0) 104 not ranked 0
Dropped out: No. 20 Notre Dame (1-1, lost to Michigan 38-34).
Others receiving votes: Michigan 84; Houston 69; Texas Tech 68; Pittsburgh 40; Notre Dame 32; Auburn 30; Iowa 27; Florida State 19; Oregon 16; West Virginia 16; South Florida 13; UCLA 13; Kentucky 9; Arizona 4; Central Michigan 2; Colorado State 2; Minnesota 2; Northwestern 2; Arkansas 1; South Carolina 1; Tulsa 1.