BATON ROUGE — Coming off a 24-17 loss at No. 5 Auburn, the LSU football team fell to 12th in the Bowl Championship Series standings, the AP Top 25 and the Harris Interactive Poll, and 13th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll on Sunday.
The Tigers have an open date this Saturday before facing No. 6 Alabama on Nov. 6 in Tiger Stadium. The start time for that game will be announced on Monday.
Five teams from the SEC West remain in the Top 25, with Auburn and Alabama in the Top 6, and Arkansas and Mississippi State in the second half of the poll.
Bowl Championship Series Rankings
Oct. 24, 2010RK, TEAM, AVG, PVS
1. Auburn, .9371, 4
2. Oregon, .9069, 2
3. Boise State, .8846, 3
4. TCU, .8833, 5
5. Michigan State, .8387, 7
6. Missouri, .8006, 11
7. Alabama, .71, 8
8. Utah, .7049, 9
9. Oklahoma, .6691, 1
10. Wisconsin, .6584, 13
11. Ohio State, .6356, 10
12. LSU, .6219, 6
13. Stanford, .5185, 12
14. Nebraska, .5073, 16
15. Arizona, .4492, 18
16. Florida State, .4395, 17
17. Oklahoma State, .3053, 14
18. Iowa, .2834, 15
19. Arkansas, .2481, 23
20. South Carolina, .2431, 21
21. Mississippi State, .1959, 24
22. Miami (FL), .1799, NR
23. Virginia Tech, .1367, 25
24. Nevada, .0865, NR
25. Baylor, .0403, NR
Harris Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1 Oregon (91) 7-0 2818 1
2 Boise State (14) 6-0 2668 2
3 Auburn (6) 8-0 2611 5
4 TCU (3) 8-0 2545 3
5 Michigan State 8-0 2250 8
6 Alabama 7-1 2220 7
7 Utah 7-0 2095 9
8 Missouri 7-0 2061 16
9 Wisconsin 7-1 1897 11
10 Ohio State 7-1 1858 10
11 Oklahoma 6-1 1701 4
12 LSU 7-1 1574 6
13 Stanford 6-1 1562 13
14 Nebraska 6-1 1448 14
15 Arizona 6-1 1202 18
16 Florida State 6-1 1189 17
17 Iowa 5-2 907 12
18 Arkansas 5-2 828 20
19 South Carolina 5-2 790 21
20 Oklahoma State 6-1 755 15
21 Virginia Tech 6-2 556 23
22 Miami (FL) 5-2 466 24
23 Mississippi State 6-2 392 NR
24 Nevada 6-1 162 25
25 Baylor 6-2 124 NR
Dropped from rankings: West Virginia 19, Texas 22, Kansas State 25
Others receiving votes: Michigan 88, West Virginia 57, Florida 47, Hawaii 43, Oregon State 24, Navy 21, Syracuse 16, Northwestern 13, East Carolina 11, Kansas State 9, North Carolina State 8, San Diego State 8, Texas 7, Maryland 4, UCF 3, Washington 3, Southern Miss 2, California 2, Georgia 2, Georgia Tech 2, Pittsburgh 1
AP Top 25
Oct. 24, 2010
RK TEAM W-L PV
1. Oregon 7-0 1
2. Boise State 6-0 2
3. Auburn 8-0 5
4. TCU 8-0 4
5. Michigan State 8-0 8
6. Alabama 7-1 7
7. Missouri 7-0 18
8. Utah 7-0 9
9. Wisconsin 7-1 10
10. Ohio State 7-1 11
11. Oklahoma 6-1 3
12. LSU 7-1 6
13. Stanford 6-1 12
14. Nebraska 6-1 14
15. Arizona 6-1 15
16. Florida State 6-1 16
17. South Carolina 5-2 19
18. Iowa 5-2 13
19. Arkansas 5-2 21
20. Oklahoma State 6-1 17
21. Virginia Tech 6-2 23
22. Miami (FL) 5-2 25
23. Mississippi State 6-2 24
24. USC 5-2 NR
25. Baylor 6-2 NR
Dropped from rankings: West Virginia 20, Texas 22
Others receiving votes: Nevada 32, Hawaii 19, Michigan 9, Syracuse 8, West Virginia 8, San Diego State 7, East Carolina 7, Navy 5, Oregon State 5, Northwestern 4, Florida 2, Maryland 1, North Carolina State 1, Northern Illinois 1.
USA Today Coaches’ Poll
Oct. 24, 2010
The USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 football coaches poll, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last week’s poll.
Rank, Team (first-place votes), Record, Points, Previous
1. Oregon (50) 7-0 1,463 1
2. Boise State (5) 6-0 1,383 2
3. Auburn (3) 8-0 1,350 5
4. TCU (1) 8-0 1,308 4
5. Michigan State 8-0 1,175 8
6. Alabama 7-1 1,152 7
7. Utah 7-0 1,091 9
8. Missouri 7-0 1,060 16
9. Wisconsin 7-1 973 11
10. Ohio State 7-1 966 10
11. Oklahoma 6-1 871 3
12. Nebraska 6-1 802 13
13. LSU 7-1 787 6
14. Stanford 6-1 763 14
15. Florida State 6-1 651 17
16. Arizona 6-1 628 18
17. South Carolina 5-2 431 20
18. Arkansas 5-2 404 21
19. Iowa 5-2 401 12
20. Oklahoma State 6-1 385 15
21. Virginia Tech 6-2 317 23
22. Miami (Fla.) 5-2 260 25
23. Mississippi State 6-2 251 24
24. Baylor 6-2 70 NR
25. Michigan 5-2 50 NR
Dropped out
No. 19 West Virginia (5-2, lost to Syracuse 19-14), No. 22 Texas (4-3, lost to Iowa State 28-21).
Others receiving votes
Nevada (6-1) 48; Hawaii (6-2) 40; Navy (5-2) 26; East Carolina (5-2) 20; West Virginia (5-2) 18; Northwestern (5-2) 9; North Carolina State (5-2) 4; California (4-3) 3; San Diego State (5-2) 3; Syracuse (5-2) 3; Central Florida (5-2) 2; Illinois (4-3) 2; Texas (4-3) 2; Air Force (5-3) 1; Clemson (4-3) 1; Northern Illinois (6-2) 1.