LSU moves up to No. 5 in polls
BATON ROUGE -- On its bye week, the LSU football team moved to No. 5 in the AP Top 25, the USA Today Coaches Poll and the Harris Interactive Poll on Sunday.
LSU (7-1, 3-1 SEC) next takes on top-ranked Alabama on Saturday at 7 p.m. CT in Tiger Stadium.
AP Top 25
RK, TEAM, RECORD, PTS
1, Alabama (60), 8-0, 1500
2, Oregon, 8-0, 1412
3, Kansas State, 8-0, 1382
4, Notre Dame, 8-0, 1344
5, LSU, 7-1, 1216
6, Ohio State, 9-0, 1158
7, Georgia, 7-1, 1145
8, Florida, 7-1, 1075
9, Florida State, 8-1, 1046
10, Clemson, 7-1, 914
11, South Carolina, 7-2, 823
12, Louisville, 8-0, 817
13, Oregon State, 6-1, 762
14, Oklahoma, 5-2, 758
15, Stanford, 6-2, 627
16, Texas A&M, 6-2, 580
17, Mississippi State, 7-1, 559
18, USC, 6-2, 418
19, Boise State, 7-1, 406
20, Texas Tech, 6-2, 388
21, Nebraska, 6-2, 249
22, Louisiana Tech, 7-1, 209
23, West Virginia, 5-2, 126
24, Arizona, 5-3, 106
25, UCLA, 6-2, 103
Dropped from rankings: Rutgers 18, Michigan 20, Ohio 23
Others receiving votes: Toledo 88, Rutgers 74, Oklahoma State 72, Texas 55, Kent State 33, Tulsa 17, Northern Illinois 12, Washington 8, Northwestern 7, Ohio 4, Wisconsin 4, Michigan 2, Louisiana-Monroe 1
USA Today Coaches Poll
Rank, School (record), Points, Last week's rank, First-place votes
1. Alabama (8-0), 1475, 1, 59
2. Oregon (8-0), 1391, 2, 0
3. Kansas State (8-0), 1366, 4, 0
4. Notre Dame (8-0), 1307, 5, 0
5. LSU (7-1), 1225, 6, 0
6. Georgia (7-1), 1149, 11, 0
7. Florida State (8-1), 1121, 10, 0
8. Florida (7-1), 1024, 3, 0
9. Clemson (7-1), 976, 13, 0
10. Louisville (8-0), 888, 14, 0
11. South Carolina (7-2), 838, 16, 0
12. Oklahoma (5-2), 758, 7, 0
13. Oregon State (6-1), 684, 9, 0
14. Boise State (7-1), 634, 18, 0
15. Stanford (6-2), 626, 19, 0
16. Texas A&M (6-2), 592, 21, 0
17. Southern California (6-2), 583, 8, 0
18. Mississippi State (7-1), 569, 12, 0
19. West Virginia (5-2), 326, 22, 0
20. Texas Tech (6-2), 284, 17, 0
21. Nebraska (6-2), 283, NR, 0
22. Texas (6-2), 200, 24, 0
23. Louisiana Tech (7-1), 191, NR, 0
24. Oklahoma State (5-2), 166, NR, 0
25. Rutgers (7-1), 151, 15, 0
Dropped out: No. 20 Michigan (5-3, lost to then-unranked Nebraska 23-9), No. 23 Ohio (7-1, lost to Miami, Ohio, 23-20), No. 25 Wisconsin (6-3, lost to Michigan State 16-13 OT).
Others receiving votes: Northwestern (7-2) 77; UCLA (6-2) 61; Toledo (8-1) 59; Northern Illinois (8-1) 39; Kent State (7-1) 26; Tulsa (7-1) 19; Wisconsin (6-3) 15; Arizona (5-3) 14; Michigan (5-3) 11; Louisiana-Monroe (6-2) 10; Ohio (7-1) 9; Cincinnati (5-2) 8; Iowa State (5-3) 6; Utah State (7-2) 4; Western Kentucky (6-2) 4; Mississippi (5-3) 3; Arizona State (5-3) 2; Michigan State (5-4) 1.
Harris Poll
RK, TEAM, RECORD, PTS, PVS
1, Alabama (109), 8-0, 2868, 1
2, Oregon (5), 8-0, 2725, 2
3, Kansas State (1), 8-0, 2656, 4
4, Notre Dame, 8-0, 2553, 5
5, LSU, 7-1, 2382, 6
6, Georgia, 7-1, 2205, 11
7, Florida State, 8-1, 2193, 10
8, Florida, 7-1, 2061, 3
9, Clemson, 7-1, 1917, 13
10, Louisville, 8-0, 1714, 14
11, South Carolina, 7-2, 1588, 16
12, Oklahoma, 5-2, 1473, 7
13, Oregon State, 6-1, 1449, 8
14, Stanford, 6-2, 1307, 18
15, Mississippi State, 7-1, 1231, 12
16, USC, 6-2, 1200, 9
17, Boise State, 7-1, 1142, 19
18, Texas A&M, 6-2, 996, 21
19, Texas Tech, 6-2, 604, 17
20, West Virginia, 5-2, 554, 22
21, Nebraska, 6-2, 542, NR
22, Texas, 6-2, 392, 24
23, Rutgers, 7-1, 354, 15
24, Louisiana Tech, 7-1, 304, NR
25, Oklahoma State, 5-2, 245, NR
Dropped from rankings: Michigan 20, Ohio 23, TCU 25
Others receiving votes: Northwestern 135, Toledo 109, UCLA 85, Arizona 81, Tulsa 74, Northern Illinois 58, Kent State 54, Michigan 28, Ohio 25, TCU 19, Cincinnati 15, Louisiana-Monroe 11, Utah State 6, Arizona State 5, Wisconsin 5, Iowa State 4, Virginia Tech 3, Washington 2, UCF 1
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