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Oct. 20 Football National RankingsOct. 20 Football National Rankings

Oct. 20 Football National Rankings

LSU Football was ranked No. 8 in the Oct. 20 AP Top 25 and No. 7 in the Coaches’ poll.

AP Top 25

  • Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Record Points
    1 Oregon (59) 7-0 1523
    2 Georgia (2) 6-1 1434
    3 Penn State 6-0 1375
    4 Ohio State 5-1 1353
    5 Texas 6-1 1257
    6 Miami (Fla.) 7-0 1242
    7 Tennessee 6-1 1075
    8 LSU 6-1 1049
    9 Clemson 6-1 984
    10 Iowa State 7-0 972
    11 BYU 7-0 910
    12 Notre Dame 6-1 891
    13 Indiana 7-0 930
    14 Texas A&M 6-1 748
    15 Alabama 5-2 643
    16 Kansas State 6-1 576
    17 Boise State 5-1 573
    18 Ole Miss 5-2 408
    19 Pittsburgh 6-0 396
    20 Illinois 6-1 392
    21 Missouri 6-1 359
    22 SMU 6-1 313
    23 Army West Point 7-0 193
    24 Navy 6-0 166
    25 Vanderbilt 5-2 92

    Others receiving votes:
    Washington St. 46, Syracuse 15, UNLV 5, Duke 2, South Carolina 1, Nebraska 1, Liberty 1.

Coaches Poll

  • Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Record Points Previous
    1 Oregon (51) 7-0 1323 2
    2 Georgia (2) 6-1 1238 4
    3 Penn State 6-0 1197 3
    4 Ohio State 5-1 1107 5
    5 Miami (Fla.) 7-0 1087 6
    6 Texas 6-1 1082 1
    7 LSU 6-1 946 8
    8 Tennessee 6-1 916 10
    9 Clemson 6-1 907 9
    10 Iowa State 7-0 829 12
    11 Notre Dame 6-1 809 11
    12 BYU 7-0 740 13
    13 Indiana 7-0 651 18
    14 Texas A&M 6-1 641 14
    15 Alabama 5-2 554 7
    16 Kansas State 6-1 488 17
    17 Missouri 6-1 486 16
    18 Ole Miss 5-2 444 15
    19 Boise State 5-1 379 19
    20 Pittsburgh 6-0 359 20
    21 Illinois 6-1 347 21
    22 SMU 6-1 249 23
    23 Army West Point 7-0 185 24
    24 Navy 6-0 115 NR
    25 Vanderbilt 5-2 37 NR

    Schools Dropped Out
    No. 22 Michigan; No. 25 Nebraska.

    Others Receiving Votes
    UNLV 28; Syracuse 27; Washington State 25; Duke 7; Memphis 6; Liberty 6; Wisconsin 3; Tulane 3; Cincinnati 2; Nebraska 1; Arizona State 1.