BATON ROUGE — Coming off a 20-point comeback win over then-No. 10 Auburn, the LSU Football team returned to the AP Top 25 and the Anway Coaches Polls released Sunday afternoon.
LSU (5-2, 2-1 SEC) trailed 20-0 in the second quarter before completely shutting down the visiting Tigers for the rest of the contest.
The Tigers return to action on Oct. 21 at 6:15 p.m. CT, traveling to Oxford to take on Ole Miss. The game will be televised by ESPN and broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network beginning at 4 p.m.
AP Top 25
Oct. 15, 2017
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Previous, Points
1, Alabama (61), 7-0, 1, 1,525
2, Penn State, 6-0, 3, 1,432
3, Georgia, , 7-0, 4, 1,417
4, TCU, 6-0, 6, 1,322
5, Wisconsin, 6-0, 7, 1,241
6, Ohio State, 6-1, 9, 1,184
7, Clemson, 6-1, 2, 1,117
8, Miami (FL), 5-0, 11, 1,109
9, Oklahoma, 5-1, 12, 1,066
10, Oklahoma State, 5-1, 14, 900
11, USC, 6-1, 13, 886
12, Washington, 6-1, 5, 811
13, Notre Dame, 5-1, 16, 798
14, Virginia Tech, 5-1, 15, 727
15, Washington State, 6-1, 8, 578
16, USF, 6-0, 18, 573
16, NC State, 6-1, 20, 573
18, Michigan State, 5-1, 21, 563
19, Michigan, 5-1, 17, 558
20, UCF, 5-0, 22, 387
21, Auburn, 5-2, 10, 303
22, Stanford, 5-2, 23, 274
23, West Virginia, 4-2, NR, 157
24, LSU, 5-2, NR, 108
25, Memphis, 5-1, NR, 62
Amway Coaches Poll
Oct. 15, 2017
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Previous
1, Alabama (63), 7-0, 1575, 1
2, Penn State, 6-0, 1483, 3
3, Georgia, 7-0, 1450, 5
4, Texas Christian, 6-0, 1345, 7
5, Wisconsin, 6-0, 1338, 6
6, Ohio State, 6-1, 1243, 8
7, Miami, 5-0, 1144, 10
8, Clemson, 6-1, 1106, 2
9, Oklahoma, 5-1, 1079, 12
10, Southern California, 6-1, 930, 13
11, Oklahoma State, 5-1, 917, 14
12, Washington, 6-1, 914, 4
13, South Florida, 6-0, 716, 15
14, Virginia Tech, 5-1, 701, 17
15, Michigan, 5-1, 657, 16
16, Notre Dame, 5-1, 614, 19
17, NC State, 6-1, 573, 20
18, Washington State, 6-1, 564, 9
19, Michigan State, 5-1, 469, 22
20, Central Florida, 5-0, 439, 21
21, Auburn, 5-2, 354, 11
22, Stanford, 5-2, 286, 25
23, West Virginia, 4-2, 144, 29
24, Texas A&M, 5-2, 94, 32
25, LSU, 5-2, 80, 34
Schools Dropped Out
No. 18 San Diego State, No. 23 Utah, No. 24 Navy.
Others Receiving Votes
Kentucky 64; Memphis 50; Virginia 42; San Diego State 39; South Carolina 19; Utah 14; Navy 9; Mississippi State 6; Boise State 4; Colorado State 4; Marshall 3; Florida 2; Georgia Tech 2; Iowa State 2.