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Sept. 2 Football National Rankings

BATON ROUGE – LSU jumped inside the Top 5 of both national polls following its 17-10 win over Clemson on Saturday. The Tigers moved six spots to No. 3 in the AFCA Coaches Poll and they bumped up four positions to No. 4 in the AP Top 25.

LSU (1-0) opens its home schedule on Saturday when the Tigers welcome Louisiana Tech (1-0) to Tiger Stadium for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff.

The win over Clemson marked only the fifth time in program history that LSU beat a team ranked in the Top 4 in a true road game. It was also the highest-ranked win for the Tigers since LSU beat No. 3 Clemson to claim the national championship in January of 2020.

The No. 3 ranking in the Coaches poll is the highest ranking for the program since finishing the 2019 season as the No. 1 team in the nation. LSU was ranked No. 1 in the nation by the coaches for the final six polls in 2019 and for the final five AP Top 25s that year.

Under Brian Kelly, the Tigers have been ranked as high as No. 6 in-season, which came following a 41-10 win over UAB in November. Overall under Kelly, LSU’s highest-ranking came at No. 5, which was in the 2023 preseason poll.

LSU is one of 10 SEC teams ranked in the AP Top 25, including four in the Top 10. Six of LSU’s remaining opponents are currently ranked in the AP Top 25 – a list that includes No. 10 South Carolina, No. 13 Florida, No. 18 Oklahoma, No. 19 Texas A&M, No. 20 Ole Miss and No. 21 Alabama.

Dating back to 2000, LSU has been ranked at some point throughout the year for 26 consecutive seasons.

 

AP Top 25

  • Rank Team Record Points (First-Place Votes)
    1 Ohio State 1-0 1636 (55)
    2 Penn State 1-0 1558 (7)
    3 LSU 1-0 1514 (3)
    4 Georgia 1-0 1410
    5 Miami (Fla.) 1-0 1360
    6 Oregon 1-0 1302 (1)
    7 Texas 0-1 1293
    8 Clemson 0-1 1,135
    9 Notre Dame 0-1 1,068
    10 South Carolina 1-0 882
    11 Illinois 1-0 855
    12 Arizona State 1-0 850
    13 Florida 1-0 737
    14 Florida State 1-0 705
    15 Michigan 1-0 686
    16 Iowa State 2-0 566
    17 SMU 1-0 561
    18 Oklahoma 1-0 519
    19 Texas A&M 1-0 424
    20 Ole Miss 1-0 393
    21 Alabama 0-1 360
    22 Tennessee 1-0 339
    23 Indiana 1-0 257
    24 Texas Tech 1-0 247
    25 Utah 1-0 227

    Others receiving votes:
    BYU 102, Auburn 94, Georgia Tech 67, Southern Cal 64, Louisville 59, TCU 49, Missouri 42, South Florida 25, Tulane 18, Nebraska 13, Kansas St. 7, James Madison 4, Liberty 4, UNLV 4, Duke 4, Navy 2, Pittsburgh 2, Baylor 2, Virginia 2, Memphis 2.

Coaches Poll

  • Rank Team Record Points (First-Place Votes)
    1 Ohio State 1-0 1666 (59)
    2 Penn State 1-0 1574 (6)
    3 Georgia 1-0 1518 (1)
    4 LSU 1-0 1469 (1)
    5 Oregon 1-0 1381
    6 Texas 0-1 1,339
    7 Miami (Fla.) 1-0 1304
    8 Clemson 0-1 1,067
    9 Notre Dame 0-1 1,038
    10 Arizona State 1-0 957
    11 South Carolina 1-0 915
    12 Illinois 1-0 909
    13 Michigan 1-0 925
    14 Ole Miss 1-0 668
    15 Florida 1-0 638
    16 SMU 1-0 602
    17 Tennessee 1-0 563
    18 Iowa State 2-0 518
    19 Florida State 1-0 491
    20 Alabama 0-1 390
    21 Indiana 1-0 369
    22 Texas A&M 1-0 363
    23 Texas Tech 1-0 253
    24 Oklahoma 1-0 251
    25 BYU 1-0 163

    Others Receiving Votes
    Utah 117; Louisville 95; Missouri 88; Kansas State 79; Tulane 45; USC 41; Auburn 41; TCU 33; Iowa 23; Navy 17; Georgia Tech 17; Nebraska 13; Memphis 11; South Florida 9; Duke 5; Kansas 4; Washington 3; Vanderbilt 2; FIU 1.

    Schools Dropped Out
    No. 20 Kansas State; No. 25 Boise State.

    List Of Voters
    The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Billy Napier, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Jay Norvell, Colorado State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.