BATON ROUGE — After a 33-30 overtime win over Arkansas on Saturday, the LSU football team advanced three spots to No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches poll and two spots to No. 15 in the AP Top 25 as each were released on Sunday. The Tigers also advanced two slots to No. 13 in the Bowl Championship Series rankings.
RK, TEAM, BCS AVG, PVS
1. Florida, .9868, 1
2. Alabama, .9513, 2
3. Texas, .9282, 3
4. TCU, .8689, 4
5. Cincinnati, .8547, 5
6. Boise State, .8096, 6
7. Oregon, .7343, 8
8. Ohio State, .6882, 10
9. Iowa, .6028, 11
10. Georgia Tech, .5803, 7
11. Penn State, .5499, 13
12. Virginia Tech, .5376, 14
13. LSU, .5139, 15
14. Brigham Young, .4394, 19
15. Pittsburgh, .4101, 9
16. Oregon State, .407, 16
17. Miami (FL), .3843, 17
18. USC, .3565, 20
19. California, .2392, 22
20. Oklahoma State, .2251, 12
21. Houston, .2204, 23
22. Nebraska, .1491, NR
23. West Virginia, .14, NR
24. Stanford, .1198, NR
25. Utah, .0707, 21
The AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 28, 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 (46) 12-0 1,483 1
2. Alabama (7) 12-0 1,416 2
3. Texas (7) 12-0 1,414 3
4. TCU 12-0 1,316 4
5. Cincinnati 11-0 1,249 5
6. Boise St. 12-0 1,216 6
7. Oregon 9-2 1,104 10
8. Ohio St. 10-2 1,103 9
9. Iowa 10-2 920 13
10. Penn St. 10-2 897 12
11. Virginia Tech 9-3 860 14
12. Georgia Tech 10-2 820 7
13. Oregon St. 8-3 719 16
14. Pittsburgh 9-2 642 8
15. LSU 9-3 614 17
16. BYU 10-2 610 18
17. Miami 9-3 572 19
18. Houston 10-2 400 25
19. California 8-3 398 21
20. Southern Cal 8-3 365 24
21. Nebraska 9-3 289 NR
22. Oklahoma St. 9-3 269 11
23. Stanford 8-4 266 NR
24. West Virginia 8-3 225 NR
25. Clemson 8-4 87 15
Others receiving votes: Utah 84, Wisconsin 41, Texas Tech 21, Arizona 20, Mississippi 20, Northwestern 18, Cent. Michigan 14, North Carolina 8, Tennessee 6, Oklahoma 5, Rutgers 4, East Carolina 3, Missouri 2.
USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL ? Nov. 29, 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 (12-0), 1468, 1, 53
2. Texas (12-0), 1394, 2, 3
3. Alabama (12-0), 1380, 3, 3
4. TCU (12-0), 1285, 4, 0
5. Cincinnati (11-0), 1231, 5, 0
6. Boise State (12-0), 1197, 6, 0
7. Ohio State (10-2), 1104, 8, 0
8. Oregon (9-2), 1061, 10, 0
9. Penn State (10-2), 975, 11, 0
10. Iowa (10-2), 889, 13, 0
11. Virginia Tech (9-3), 831, 14, 0
12. Georgia Tech (10-2), 774, 7, 0
13. Brigham Young (10-2), 680, 15, 0
14. LSU (9-3), 674, 17, 0
15. Pittsburgh (9-2), 631, 9, 0
16. Oregon State (8-3), 607, 18, 0
17. Miami (Fla.) (9-3), 509, 21, 0
18. Houston (10-2), 473, 20, 0
19. Southern California (8-3), 361, 22, 0
20. Nebraska (9-3), 335, 23, 0
21. Oklahoma State (9-3), 309, 12, 0
22. California (8-3), 210, not ranked, 0
23. West Virginia (8-3), 163, not ranked, 0
24. Stanford (8-4), 154, not ranked, 0
25. Utah (9-3), 120, 19, 0
Dropped out: No. 16 Clemson (8-4, lost to South Carolina 34-17), No. 24 North Carolina (8-4, lost to North Carolina State 28-27), No. 25 Mississippi (8-4, lost to Mississippi State 41-27).
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin (8-3) 112; Clemson (8-4) 94; Central Michigan (8-4) 40; Arizona (7-4) 31; Northwestern (8-4) 23; South Carolina (7-5) 13; Texas Tech (8-4) 9; Georgia (7-5) 8; Rutgers (8-3) 7; Missouri (8-4) 6; Troy (9-3) 5; North Carolina (8-4) 4; Arkansas (7-5) 2; Middle Tennessee (9-3) 2; Oklahoma (7-5) 2; Mississippi (8-4) 1; Navy (8-4) 1.