BATON ROUGE – The LSU football teamw as ranked No. 21 by the Associated Press and No. 22 in this week’s Amway Coaches Top 25 Poll released Tuesday, as the Tigers head into this weekend’s home matchup with Jacksonville State at 6:30 p.m.
LSU dropped its first season-opening game since 2002, falling to Wisconsin 16-14 last Saturday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
Jacksonville State (1-0) is ranked No. 5 in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches’ Poll.
AP Top 25
Rank Team (First-Place Vote), Record, Previous, Points
1 Alabama (54), 1-0, 1, 1,518
2 Clemson (2), 1-0, 2, 1,416
3 Florida State (4), 1-0, 4, 1,413
4 Ohio State, 1-0, 6, 1,324
5 Michigan (1), 1-0, 7, 1,261
6 Houston 1-0, 15, 1,243
7 Stanford, 1-0, 8, 1,140
8 Washington, 1-0, 14, 884
9 Georgia, 1-0, 18, 877
10 Wisconsin, 1-0, NR, 759
11 Texas, 1-0, NR, 743
12 Michigan State, 1-0, 12, 722
13 Louisville, 1-0, 19, 686
14 Oklahoma, 0-1, 3, 664
15 TCU, 1-0, 13, 635
16 Iowa, 1-0, 17, 588
17 Tennessee, 1-0, 9, 573
18 Notre Dame, 0-1, 10, 528
19 Ole Miss, 0-1, 11, 493
20 Texas A&M, 1-0, NR, 477
21 LSU, 0-1, 5, 423
22 Oklahoma State, 1-0, 21, 409
23 Baylor, 1-0, 23, 296
24 Oregon, 1-0, 24, 242
25 Miami (Fla.), 1-0, NR, 137
Dropped from rankings: UCLA 16, USC 20, North Carolina 22, Florida 25
Others receiving votes: Florida 117, UCLA 62, Boise State 50, Utah 43, San Diego State 37, North Carolina 23, Nebraska 13, Auburn 13, Pittsburgh 7, BYU 5, Navy 2, West Virginia 1, Colorado 1
Amway Coaches Top 25
Rank Team (Record) Points Previous First-Place Votes
1. Alabama (1-0) 1598 1 62
2. Clemson (1-0) 1513 2 2
3. Florida State (1-0) 1454 4
4. Ohio State (1-0) 1424 5
5. Stanford (1-0) 1284 7
6. Michigan (1-0) 1261 8
7. Houston (1-0) 1213 13
8. Michigan State (1-0) 1027 11
9. Georgia (1-0) 934 16
10. Iowa (1-0) 797 15
11. Washington (1-0) 782 18
12. TCU (1-0) 719 14
13. Oklahoma (0-1) 707 3
14. Tennessee (1-0) 657 10
15. Louisville (1-0) 635 23
16. Wisconsin (1-0) 583 NR
17. Oklahoma State (1-0) 555 19
18. Mississippi (0-1) 534 12
19. Baylor (1-0) 481 21
20. Texas (1-0) 439 NR
21. Notre Dame (0-1) 426 9
22. LSU (0-1) 418 6
23. Oregon (1-0) 385 22
24. Texas A&M (1-0) 302 NR
25. Florida (1-0) 182 25
Dropped out: No. 17 Southern California (0-1), No. 20 North Carolina (0-1), No. 24 UCLA (0-1).