BATON ROUGE — After a one-week absence, the LSU Football team re-entered the national polls following a 19-7 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.
LSU (8-3, 5-3 SEC), which awaits its postseason bowl berth for the 16th-straight season, was ranked No. 23 in both the AP Top 25 and the Amway Coaches Poll released Sunday morning.
Bowl announcements will be made on the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 6.
AP Top 25
Nov. 29, 2015
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Points, Previous
1, Clemson (53), 1,511, 1
2, Alabama (8), 1,469, 2
3, Oklahoma, 1,367, 5
4, Iowa, 1,345, 3
5, Michigan State, 1,318, 6
6, Ohio State, 1,197, 8
7, Stanford, 1,137, 13
8, North Carolina, 1,085, 11
9, Notre Dame, 1,022, 4
10, Florida State, 951, 14
11, TCU, 927, 15
12, Baylor, 842, 7
13, Northwestern, 711, 17
14, Oklahoma State, 699, 9
15, Oregon, 616, 18
16, Ole Miss, 584, 19
17, Houston, 571, 21
18, Florida, 566, 10
19, Michigan, 518, 12
20, Temple, 269, 25
21, Utah, 244, NR
22, Navy, 206, 16
23, LSU, 199, NR
24, USC, 189, NR
25, Wisconsin, 124, NR
Amway Coaches Poll
Nov. 29, 2015
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Previous
1, Clemson (52) 12-0, 1558, 1
2, Alabama (8) 11-1, 1508, 2
3, Iowa (1) 12-0, 1412, 3
4, Oklahoma (2) 11-1, 1408, 5
5, Michigan State, 11-1, 1350, 6
6, Ohio State, 11-1, 1252, 8
7, Stanford, 10-2, 1155, 12
8, North Carolina, 11-1, 1107, 11
9, Florida State, 10-2, 1054, 14
10, Notre Dame, 10-2, 994, 4
11, Texas Christian, 10-2, 931, 16
12, Baylor, 9-2, 836, 7
13, Northwestern, 10-2, 768, 17
14, Oklahoma State, 10-2, 688, 10
15, Florida, 10-2, 655, 9
16, Oregon, 9-3, 634, 18
17, Mississippi, 9-3, 595, 19
18, Houston, 11-1, 526, 21
19, Michigan, 9-3, 515, 12
20, Utah, 9-3, 287, 25
21, Temple, 10-2, 276, 24
22, Navy, 9-2, 223, 15
23, LSU, 8-3, 207, NR
24, Southern California, 8-4, 164, NR
25, Wisconsin, 9-3, 148, NR
Schools Dropped Out
No. 20 Washington State, No. 22 Mississippi State, No. 23 UCLA.
Others Receiving Votes
Georgia 82; Western Kentucky 22; UCLA 20; Memphis 14; San Diego State 14; Washington State 13; Brigham Young 13; Mississippi State 9; Tennessee 8; West Virginia 8; Arkansas State 7; Toledo 6; Appalachian State 5; Texas A&M 2; Bowling Green 1.