BATON ROUGE — LSU advanced five spots in the Amway Coaches Poll and two spots in the Associated Press Top 25 this week, as the Tigers opened the Southeastern Conference slate with a 23-20 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday in Tiger Stadium.
LSU (2-1, 1-0 SEC) was ranked No. 17 in the weekly’s coaches’ poll and No. 18 by the AP.
The Tigers will travel to Auburn on Sept. 24 for a 5 p.m. CT kickoff on ESPN.
Amway Coaches’ Poll
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points
1, Alabama (59), 3-0, 1571
2, Ohio State (3), 3-0, 1482
3, Clemson (1), 3-0, 1405
4, Louisville, 3-0, 1331
5, Michigan, 3-0, 1302
6, Stanford, 2-0, 1273
7, Houston, 3-0, 1235
8, Michigan State, 2-0, 1156
9, Washington, 3-0, 1065
10, Wisconsin, 3-0, 872
11, Georgia, 3-0, 847
12, Tennessee, 3-0, 805
13, Texas A&M, 3-0, 791
14, Florida State, 2-1, 742
15, Baylor, 3-0, 658
16, Florida, 3-0, 598
17, LSU, 2-1, 522
18, Arkansas, 3-0, 500
19, Miami, 3-0, 441
20, Nebraska, 3-0, 373
21, Ole Miss, 1-2, 166
21. TCU, 2-1, 166, —
23, Utah, 3-0, 155
24, Texas, 2-1, 143
25, Iowa, 2-1, 140
Dropped from rankings: Oklahoma 14, Notre Dame 18, Oregon 21
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 106, North Carolina 95, San Diego State 87, UCLA 81, Boise State 62, Oregon 50, Oklahoma State 46, Arizona State 34, South Florida 32, Georgia Tech 28, Notre Dame 23, West Virginia 19, Western Michigan 16, Minnesota 11, Navy 10, Toledo 6, Central Michigan 6, California 6, Maryland 4, Memphis 4, Kansas State 4, Army 2, Auburn 2, Western Kentucky 2
Associated Press Top 25
RK, TEAM, REC, PTS
1, Alabama (50), 3-0, 1510
2, Ohio State (4), 3-0, 1442
3, Louisville (6), 3-0, 1406
4, Michigan (1), 3-0, 1277
5, Clemson, 3-0, 1258
6, Houston, 3-0, 1245
7, Stanford, 2-0, 1195
8, Michigan State, 2-0, 1084
9, Washington, 3-0, 1040
10, Texas A&M, 3-0, 890
11, Wisconsin, 3-0, 828
12, Georgia, 3-0, 726
13, Florida State, 2-1, 722
14, Tennessee, 3-0, 707
15, Miami, 3-0, 565
16, Baylor, 3-0, 529
17, Arkansas, 3-0, 528
18, LSU, 2-1, 517
19, Florida, 3-0, 479
20, Nebraska, 3-0, 420
21, Texas, 2-1, 196
22, San Diego State, 3-0, 183
23, Ole Miss, 1-2, 172
24, Utah, 3-0, 154
25, Oklahoma, 1-2, 139
Others receiving votes: TCU 132, UCLA 74, North Dakota St. 74, Boise St. 69, Iowa 47, California 44, Oklahoma St. 42, Notre Dame 32, Oregon 23, North Carolina 17, Georgia Tech 17, Cent. Michigan 16, South Florida 7, W. Michigan 6, Toledo 6, Maryland 3, Arizona St. 3, Virginia Tech 1.