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Oct. 20 Football National Rankings

by Michael Bonnette
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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.