Football vs. Tulane Highlights (10/31)

BATON ROUGE -- Coming of a shutout of Tulane on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium, the LSU football team remained No. 9 in the USA Today Coaches, the AP Top 25 and the Harris Interactive polls as well as the Bowl Championship Series standings released on Sunday.

AP Top 25

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1. Florida (38) 8-0 1448
2. Texas (13) 8-0 1408
3. Alabama (8) 8-0 1390
4. Cincinnati 8-0 1212
5. Boise State 8-0 1211
6. TCU 8-0 1147
7. Oregon 7-1 1130
8. Iowa 9-0 1127
9. LSU 7-1 1036
10. Georgia Tech 8-1 949
11. Penn State 8-1 886
12. USC 6-2 741
13. Houston 7-1 707
14. Pittsburgh 7-1 690
15. Ohio State 7-2 636
16. Miami (FL) 6-2 602
17. Utah 7-1 552
18. Oklahoma State 6-2 361
19. Notre Dame 6-2 352
20. Oklahoma 5-3 348
21. Arizona 5-2 322
22. Virginia Tech 5-3 185
23. California 6-2 181
24. Wisconsin 6-2 172
25. Brigham Young 6-2 130

Dropped from rankings: West Virginia 20, South Carolina 21, Mississippi 24

Others receiving votes: South Florida 115, Clemson 35, Auburn 30, Texas Tech 24, West Virginia 15,

USA TODAY TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL — Nov. 1, 2009

Rank, School (record), Points, Last week’s rank, First-place votes
1. Florida (8-0), 1463, 1, 50
2. Texas (8-0), 1395, 3, 4
3. Alabama (8-0), 1390, 2, 5
4. TCU (8-0), 1182, 6, 0
5. Boise State (8-0), 1176, 5, 0
6. Iowa (9-0), 1161, 8, 0
7. Cincinnati (8-0), 1150, 7, 0
8. Oregon (7-1), 1079, 12, 0
9. LSU (7-1), 1062, 9, 0
10. Penn State (8-1), 966, 10, 0
11. Georgia Tech (8-1), 934, 11, 0
12. Ohio State (7-2), 730, 15, 0
13. Southern California (6-2), 729, 4, 0
14. Pittsburgh (7-1), 694, 17, 0
15. Houston (7-1), 672, 16, 0
16. Utah (7-1), 567, 19, 0
17. Miami (Fla.) (6-2), 549, 18, 0
18. Oklahoma State (6-2), 371, 13, 0
19. Arizona (5-2), 320, 24, 0,
20. Oklahoma (5-3), 313, 23, 0
21. Notre Dame (6-2), 281, 25, 0
22. Wisconsin (6-2), 204, NR, 0,
23. California (6-2), 197, NR, 0
24. Virginia Tech (5-3), 193, 14, 0
25. Brigham Young (6-2), 106, NR, 0

Dropped out: No. 20 West Virginia (6-2, lost to South Florida 30-19), No. 21 South Carolina (6-3, lost to Tennessee 31-13), No. 22 Mississippi (5-3, lost to Auburn 33-20).

Others receiving votes: South Florida (6-2) 65; West Virginia (6-2) 51; Texas Tech (6-3) 49; Auburn (6-3) 46; Clemson (5-3) 18; South Carolina (6-3) 15; Idaho (7-2) 8; North Carolina (5-3) 8; Central Michigan (7-2) 7; Boston College (6-3) 5; Navy (6-3) 5; Rutgers (6-2) 4; Tennessee (4-4) 4; Duke (5-3) 3; Kansas State (5-4) 1; Temple (6-2) 1; Troy (6-2) 1.

Harris Poll

RK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1 Florida (83) 8-0 2803 1
2 Texas (19) 8-0 2714 3
3 Alabama (9) 8-0 2672 2
4 Boise State (1) 8-0 2313 5
5 Cincinnati 8-0 2281 6
6 TCU 8-0 2226 7
7 Iowa (2) 9-0 2209 8
8 Oregon 7-1 2148 11
9 LSU 7-1 2070 9
10 Penn State 8-1 1809 10
11 Georgia Tech 8-1 1775 12
12 USC 6-2 1415 4
13 Ohio State 7-2 1369 15
14 Houston 7-1 1303 16
15 Pittsburgh 7-1 1282 17
16 Utah 7-1 1121 19
17 Miami (FL) 6-2 1111 18
18 Oklahoma State 6-2 690 13
19 Oklahoma 5-3 673 22
20 Notre Dame 6-2 657 24
21 Arizona 5-2 598 25
22 California 6-2 385 NR
23 Virginia Tech 5-3 333 14
24 Wisconsin 6-2 295 NR
25 Brigham Young 6-2 250 NR

Dropped from rankings: West Virginia 20, South Carolina 21, Mississippi 23

Others receiving votes: South Florida 176, West Virginia 83, Texas Tech 70, Auburn 61, Clemson 25, Central Michigan 24, Idaho 16, Tennessee 16, Temple 15, Rutgers 10, South Carolina 10, Kansas 9, Oregon State 7, Troy 7, Nebraska 6, Stanford 3, Mississippi 3, Boston College 3, North Carolina 2, Arkansas 1, Duke 1