LSU Football in the AP Poll

Published: August 18, 2012, 09:06 PM (CT)
Updated: January 08, 2013, 08:52 AM (CT)

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Since 1936, the Associated Press has ranked college football teams in weekly polls.

While the AP Poll currently lists the Top 25 teams in the nation, from 1936 to 1961 the wire service only ranked 20 teams. And from 1962 to 1967 only 10 teams were recognized. From 1968 to 1988, the AP again resumed its Top 20 before expanding to 25 teams in 1989.

At the end of the 1947 season, the AP released an unofficial post-bowl poll which differed from the regular season final poll. Until the 1968 college football season, the final AP poll of the season was released following the end of the regular season, with the exception of the 1965 season.

Beginning in the 1968 season, the post bowl game poll became permanent and the AP championship reflected the bowl game results.

Notes:

  • From Oct. 28, 1958, until Nov. 3, 1959, LSU was ranked No. 1 for 12-consecutive weeks.
  • LSU has been ranked No. 1 for 29 weeks dating back to 1958 (not including preseason polls)
  • LSU has two victories over AP No. 1-ranked teams (Oct. 11, 1997, 28-21 over Florida; Jan. 7, 2008, 38-24 over Ohio St.)
  • LSU was ranked No. 1 in the AP Preseason Top 25 in 1959

LSU Football in the AP Poll Week-by-Week

Year

Pre

W1

W2

W3

W4

W5

W6

W7

W8

W9

W10

W11

W12

W13

W14

W15

W16

Final

1936

 

13

8

7

7

5

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

1937

 

6

17

18

12

8

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

1939

 

-

-

18

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

1942

 

-

-

19

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

1943

 

17

-

-

-

20

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

1945

 

-

-

13

17

14

-

19

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

1946

 

13

12

-

-

19

11

9

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

1947

 

-

-

18

17

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

1949

 

-

-

-

17

17

16

13

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

1953

 

19

14

-

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

1955

 

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

1957

 

-

-

-

17

10

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

1958

 

15

13

11

9

3

1

1

1

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1959

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

3

3

3

 

 

 

 

 

3

1960

-

18

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

1961

5

-

-

-

10

7

6

4

4

4

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

1962

5

5

-

6

4

6

4

9

10

8

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

1964

-

-

-

9

7

9

8

9

8

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

1965

8

7

5

-

-

9

5

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

1968

18

20

14

10

8

20

18

14

20

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

1969

-

-

16

14

9

9

8

12

12

10

9

8

8

 

 

 

 

10

1970

12

12

-

-

19

15

14

10

11

9

7

6

8

5

 

 

 

7

1971

9

-

18

16

16

12

13

11

18

20

14

10

10

11

 

 

 

11

1972

11

9

8

9

8

8

7

6

6

6

8

8

11

10

 

 

 

11

1973

16

15

11

10

10

10

9

9

7

7

7

7

8

13

 

 

 

13

1974

9

9

7

17

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

-

1976

-

16

16

11

20

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

-

1977

-

-

-

-

18

16

-

18

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

-

1978

13

13

10

11

11

11

16

14

12

10

17

-

-

-

-

 

 

-

1979

-

-

-

20

17

13

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

-

1982

-

-

-

-

-

18

16

14

13

11

6

12

7

13

13

 

 

11

1983

12

13

-

-

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

-

1984

-

-

-

-

-

15

12

10

7

15

12

9

16

14

11

 

 

15

1985

13

13

12

9

8

8

20

17

18

16

15

19

17

13

12

12

 

20

1986

15

14

8

18

18

16

12

12

12

18

12

8

5

5

 

 

 

10

1987

6

6

4

4

7

7

6

5

5

5

10

9

6

7

7

 

 

5

1988

18

17

11

9

7

14

-

19

16

13

13

12

11

16

16

16

 

19

1989

7

21

21

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

-

1995

-

-

-

-

18

14

21

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

-

1996

19

18

17

20

21

17

14

12

17

13

12

11

17

18

19

17

17

12

1997

10

10

10

10

10

13

13

14

8

17

16

14

11

20

17

16

15

13

1998

9

7

7

6

6

11

21

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

-

2000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24

-

 

 

22

2001

14

14

13

15

14

18

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22

21

12

 

7

2002

14

14

24

25

24

22

21

18

14

10

17

16

14

21

18

-

 

-

2003

14

13

12

11

7

6

6

10

9

7

4

3

3

3

3

2

 

2

2004

4

6

5

13

13

24

20

18

19

17

17

14

14

13

12

 

 

16

2005

5

5

3

3

4

11

10

7

7

6

5

4

3

3

10

 

 

6

2006

8

8

6

10

9

9

14

14

14

13

12

9

9

5

4

 

 

3

2007

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

5

3

3

2

1

1

5

2

 

 

1

2008

7

7

7

6

5

3

4

13

11

15

15

19

18

-

-

 

 

-

2009

11

11

9

7

4

4

10

9

9

9

9

10

17

15

13

 

 

17

2010

21

19

15

15

12

12

9

6

12

12

5

5

6

11

11

 

 

8

2011

4

3

3

3

t2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 

 

2

2012

3

3

3

2

3

4

9

6

6

5

9

8

8

9

9

 

 

14

2013

                                    

 

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