LSU Maintains Top Spot in National Rankings
BATON ROUGE -- After Les
Miles earned his 100th career win on Saturday at Tiger Stadium, his
Tigers remained No. 1 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll, the AP Top
25 and the Harris Interactive Poll. LSU received every first-place vote
in the polls.
LSU, 10-0 for the first time since winning its
first national championship in 1958, takes to the road for a 6 p.m. CST
kickoff against Ole Miss (2-8, 0-6 SEC) on Saturday. The game will be
televised by ESPN.
Check back for the Bowl Championship Series standings.
USA TODAY TOP 25 COACHES' POLL - Nov. 13, 2011
Rank, School (First-place Votes) (Record), Points, Previous rank 1. LSU (59) (10-0), 1475, 1 2. Oklahoma State (10-0), 1410, 3 3. Alabama (9-1), 1340, 4 4. Oregon (9-1), 1300, 6 5. Oklahoma (8-1), 1228, 7 6. Arkansas (9-1), 1170, 8 7. Virginia Tech (9-1), 1045, 9 8. Clemson (9-1), 1042, 10 9. Stanford (9-1), 1024, 2 10. Houston (10-0), 927, 11 11. Boise State (8-1), 831, 5 12. Michigan State (8-2), 791, 13 13. Wisconsin (8-2), 745, 14 14. South Carolina (8-2), 727, 15 15. Georgia (8-2), 698, 16 16. Nebraska (8-2), 615, 17 17. Kansas State (8-2), 501, 22 18. Michigan (8-2), 477, 21 19. TCU (8-2), 392, 24 20. Southern Mississippi (9-1), 386, 23 21. Penn State (8-2), 361, 12 22. Florida State (7-3), 189, NR t23. Georgia Tech (7-3), 87, 19 t23. West Virginia (7-3), 87, NR 25. Notre Dame (7-3), 86, NR
Dropped
out: No. 18 Cincinnati (7-2, lost to then-unranked West Virginia
24-21), No. 20 Texas (6-3, lost to Missouri 17-5), No. 25 Auburn (6-4,
lost to then-No. 16 Georgia 45-7).
Others receiving votes:
Cincinnati (7-2) 84; Baylor (6-3) 56; Texas (6-3) 27; Virginia (7-3)
24; Rutgers (7-3) 15; Tulsa (7-3) 10; Arkansas State (8-2) 5; Missouri
(5-5) 5; Texas A&M (5-5) 5; Brigham Young (7-3) 4; Arizona State
(6-4) 2; Northern Illinois (7-3) 2; Utah (6-4) 2.
Harris Interactive College Football Poll
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Previous 1. LSU (115), 10-0, 2,875, 1 2. Oklahoma State, 10-0, 2,750, 2 3. Alabama, 9-1, 2,620, 4 4. Oregon, 9-1, 2,545, 6 5. Oklahoma, 8-1, 2,379, 7 6. Arkansas, 9-1, 2,297, 8 7. Stanford, 9-1, 2,041, 3 8. Clemson, 9-1, 2,024, 9 9. Virginia Tech, 9-1, 1,949, 10 10. Houston, 10-0, 1,792, 11 11. Boise State, 8-1, 1,766, 5 12. Michigan State, 8-2, 1,471, 13 13. Wisconsin, 8-2, 1,390, 14 14. Georgia, 8-2, 1,366, 15 15. South Carolina, 8-2, 1,324, 16 16. Nebraska, 8-2, 1,260, 17 17. Kansas State, 8-2, 1,092, 18 18. Michigan, 8-2, 896, 21 19. Penn State, 8-2, 765, 12 20. Southern Miss, 9-1, 699, 23 21. TCU, 8-2, 692, 25 22. West Virginia, 7-3, 264, NR 23. Florida State, 7-3, 261, NR 24. Georgia Tech, 7-3, 214, 19 25. Baylor, 6-3, 145, NR
Other
teams receiving votes: Cincinnati 144; Notre Dame 139; Texas 88; Tulsa
32; Virginia 31; Arizona State 18; Auburn 16; Missouri 10; Arkansas
State 8; Iowa 5; Ohio State 3; BYU 2; Ohio 1; Rutgers 1.
Dropped out of Top 25: Texas, Cincinnati, Auburn.
The AP Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Points, Previous 1. LSU (60) 10-0 1,500 1 2. Oklahoma St. 10-0 1,432 2 3. Alabama 9-1 1,380 4 4. Oregon 9-1 1,326 6 5. Oklahoma 8-1 1,230 7 6. Arkansas 9-1 1,217 8 7. Clemson 9-1 1,075 9 8. Stanford 9-1 1,071 3 9. Virginia Tech 9-1 1,000 10 10. Boise St. 8-1 880 5 11. Houston 10-0 867 11 12. Michigan St. 8-2 767 13 13. Georgia 8-2 756 14 14. South Carolina 8-2 706 15 15. Wisconsin 8-2 676 16 16. Kansas St. 8-2 629 17 17. Nebraska 8-2 583 19 18. Southern Cal 8-2 564 18 19. TCU 8-2 402 NR 20. Michigan 8-2 381 22 21. Penn St. 8-2 320 12 22. Southern Miss. 9-1 250 25 23. Florida St. 7-3 107 NR 24. Notre Dame 7-3 93 NR 25. Baylor 6-3 68 NR
Others
receiving votes: Georgia Tech 66, West Virginia 47, Virginia 26,
Cincinnati 24, Tulsa 22, Texas 11, Auburn 10, Arizona St. 7, Washington
6, Georgia Southern 1.
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