LSU Football was ranked No. 14 in the Nov. 3 AP Top 25 and No. 13 in the Coaches’ poll.
AP Top 25
Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Record Points 1 Oregon (62) 9-0 1550 2 Georgia 7-1 1449 3 Ohio State 7-1 1442 4 Miami (Fla.) 9-0 1348 5 Texas 7-1 1310 6 Penn State 7-1 1158 7 Tennessee 7-1 1150 8 Indiana 9-0 1123 9 BYU 8-0 1084 10 Notre Dame 7-1 1066 11 Alabama 6-2 867 12 Boise State 7-1 853 13 SMU 8-1 752 14 LSU 6-2 707 15 Texas A&M 7-2 662 16 Ole Miss 7-2 653 17 Iowa State 7-1 592 18 Army West Point 8-0 468 19 Clemson 6-2 447 20 Washington State 7-1 351 21 Colorado 6-2 234 22 Kansas State 7-2 227 23 Pittsburgh 7-1 203 24 Vanderbilt 6-3 130 25 Louisville 6-3 115 Others receiving votes:
Missouri 81, South Carolina 58, Tulane 41, UNLV 9, Louisiana-Lafayette 9, Washington 4, Arizona St. 3, Iowa 2, Texas Tech 2.
Coaches Poll
Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Record Points Previous 1 Oregon (53) 9-0 1349 1 2 Georgia (1) 7-1 1267 2 3 Ohio State 7-1 1245 4 4 Miami (Fla.) 9-0 1194 5 5 Texas 7-1 1138 6 6 Tennessee 7-1 1039 7 7 Penn State 7-1 982 3 8 Notre Dame 7-1 961 9 9 BYU 8-0 918 12 10 Indiana 9-0 916 13 11 Alabama 6-2 772 14 12 Ole Miss 7-2 657 18 13 LSU 6-2 653 16 14 Boise State 7-1 615 19 15 SMU 8-1 603 20 16 Texas A&M 7-2 518 11 17 Clemson 6-2 513 8 18 Iowa State 7-1 511 10 19 Army West Point 8-0 404 21 20 Washington State 7-1 284 22 21 Kansas State 7-2 201 15 22 Missouri 6-2 192 23 23 Pittsburgh 7-1 178 17 24 Colorado 6-2 124 NR 25 Vanderbilt 6-3 85 NR Schools Dropped Out
No. 24 Illinois; No. 25 Memphis;Others Receiving Votes
Tulane 38; Louisville 38; South Carolina 33; Louisiana 27; Syracuse 24; UNLV 17; Arizona State 17; Minnesota 14; Iowa 13; Memphis 5; Illinois 3; Texas Tech 1; James Madison 1;