BATON ROUGE -- For the sixth-straight year, LSU will open the college football season ranked in the Top 10 as the Tigers are ranked No. 9 in the USA Today Top 25 Preseason Coaches’ Poll, which was released this morning.
LSU is coming off an 8-5 season a year ago, which culminated with a 38-3 win over Georgia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Last year, LSU opened the year ranked No. 6 in the Coaches’ Poll.
A total of five Southeastern Conference teams are ranked in the top 25, including four in the top 10.
Florida leads the way as the defending national champions are No. 1 in the preseason poll. Other SEC teams in the rankings include Alabama at No. 5, Ole Miss at No. 10 and Georgia at No. 13. All four of those teams appear on LSU’s schedule this year.
LSU opens its fifth season under head coach Les Miles on Sept. 5 when the Tigers travel to Seattle to face Washington in a nationally televised game on ESPN.
LSU in Preseason Polls this Decade
Year: Associated Press/Coaches
2009: TBA Aug. 22/9th
2008: 7th/6th
2007: 2nd/2nd
2006: 8th/9th
2005: 5th/6th
2004: 4th/3rd
2003: 14th/15th
2002: 14th/13th
2001: 14th/17th
2009 NCAA Football Rankings - Preseason (Aug. 30)
USA Today Coaches' Poll
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. Florida (53) 0-0 1466 1
2. Texas (4) 0-0 1386 3
3. Oklahoma (1) 0-0 1358 5
4. USC (1) 0-0 1321 2
5. Alabama 0-0 1134 6
6. Ohio State 0-0 1126 11
7. Virginia Tech 0-0 1020 14
8. Penn State 0-0 988 8
9. LSU 0-0 917 NR
10. Mississippi 0-0 889 15
11. Oklahoma State 0-0 861 18
12. California 0-0 711 25
13. Georgia 0-0 707 10
14. Oregon 0-0 694 9
15. Georgia Tech 0-0 559 22
16. Boise State 0-0 542 13
17. TCU 0-0 461 7
18. Utah 0-0 404 4
19. Florida State 0-0 371 23
20. North Carolina 0-0 293 NR
21. Iowa 0-0 257 20
22. Nebraska 0-0 236 NR
23. Notre Dame 0-0 194 NR
24. Brigham Young 0-0 178 21
25. Oregon State 0-0 165 19
Others Receiving Votes
Kansas 138, Michigan State 136, Texas Tech 114, Cincinnati 90, Pittsburgh 64, West Virginia 55, Rutgers 51, Miami (Fla.) 46, Missouri 44, Illinois 38, Clemson 30, South Carolina 18, UCLA 14, Auburn 12, South Florida 11, Nevada 11, Kentucky 9, North Carolina State 7, Wisconsin 6, Arkansas 6, Northwestern 5, Southern Miss 4, Wake Forest 4, Arizona 3, Boston College 3, Central Michigan 3, East Carolina 3, Colorado 2, Maryland 2, Navy 2, Tennessee 2, Troy 1, Minnesota 1, Michigan 1, Houston 1.
