LSU Football was ranked No. 13 in the AP Top 25 and No. 10 in the Oct. 6 Coaches’ poll.
AP Top 25
Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Record Points 1 Texas (52) 5-0 1516 2 Ohio State (9) 5-0 1473 3 Oregon 5-0 1348 4 Penn State 5-0 1305 5 Georgia 4-1 1299 6 Miami (Fla.) 6-0 1187 7 Alabama 4-1 1182 8 Tennessee 4-1 1001 9 Ole Miss 5-1 978 10 Clemson 4-1 861 11 Iowa State 5-0 853 11 Notre Dame 4-1 853 13 LSU 4-1 827 14 BYU 5-0 753 15 Texas A&M 5-1 702 16 Utah 4-1 473 17 Boise State 4-1 463 18 Indiana 6-0 459 18 Kansas State 4-1 459 18 Oklahoma 4-1 459 21 Missouri 4-1 352 22 Pittsburgh 5-0 196 23 Illinois 4-1 182 24 Michigan 4-2 170 25 SMU 5-1 165 Others receiving votes:
Southern Cal 98, Nebraska 51, Navy 43, Army 33, Vanderbilt 26, Arkansas 17, Washington St. 8, Iowa 8, Texas Tech 7, Syracuse 6, Washington 4, Louisville 4, Colorado 3, Kentucky 1.
Coaches Poll
Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Record Points Previous 1 Texas (44) 5-0 1364 1 2 Ohio State (11) 5-0 1330 3 3 Oregon 5-0 1215 6 4 Georgia 4-1 1174 5 5 Penn State 5-0 1163 7 6 Miami (Fla.) 6-0 1085 8 7 Alabama 4-1 1035 2 8 Ole Miss 5-1 935 11 9 Tennessee 4-1 856 4 10 LSU 4-1 839 12 11 Clemson 4-1 818 14 12 Notre Dame 4-1 807 13 13 Iowa State 5-0 695 16 14 Texas A&M 5-1 564 21 15 BYU 5-0 549 19 16 Oklahoma 4-1 541 17 17 Utah 4-1 479 18 18 Missouri 4-1 473 9 19 Kansas State 4-1 360 20 20 Indiana 6-0 358 24 21 Michigan 4-2 224 10 22 Boise State 4-1 213 NR 23 Illinois 4-1 179 25 24 Pittsburgh 5-0 170 NR 25 SMU 5-1 123 NR Schools Dropped Out
No. 15 USC; No. 22 Louisville; No. 23 UNLV;Others Receiving Votes
USC 102; Nebraska 68; Army West Point 36; Navy 26; Colorado 16; Kentucky 12; Arizona 12; UNLV 11; Texas Tech 8; Virginia 7; Washington 5; Liberty 5; Vanderbilt 4; Rutgers 3; Arkansas 3; Tulane 2; Louisville 2; Iowa 2; Syracuse 1; Arizona State 1;List Of Voters
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2024 season: Tim Albin, Ohio; Major Applewhite, South Alabama; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Mike Houston, East Carolina; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Chris Klieman, Kansas State; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Mike MacIntyre, Florida International; Gus Malzahn, Central Florida; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico; Jeff Monken, Army; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, UNLV; Gerad Parker, Troy; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio.