Coaches Poll-- LSU #7, AP Poll-- LSU #9

USC - 3 first place votes

Coaches love lsu

Tide with a PAC10 team? Ouch.

Three SEC west teams in the top 7.

I still think it should be Florida 1 and Bama 2 though.

Houston gets no respect from the Coaches!!!

4 SEC teams in the top 7. That is respect.

7th? Precisely why there should be no rankings until October.

Looking at these polls, I think its fair, eventhough some of the first place votes in both polls are ridiculous.

1) Bama has done nothing to merit any first place votes. They struggled for an entire half against FIU.

2) USC won, yes, but this isn't a great tOSU team, and they struggled to win.

3) UF is obviously #1. They have played weak competition, but Troy was still a decent team last year and nearly beat LSU, so destroying them means something.

4) UT is solid, but has played absolutely no one and were only up 13-10 at half-time against Wyoming!

5) Ole Miss' win against Memphis is looking pretty bad as MTSU handled them.

6) Cal has been good, but please realize who they played. They played Maryland at home. The same Maryland team that had to make a massive comeback and go to OT to beat an FCS team. They also played EWU (FCS team) meaning absolutely nothing.

7) BYU beat a good OU team who lost their QB and TE for most of the game. They struggled early against Tulane, but turned it on. again, this is Tulane.

8)Boise beat an overrated Oregon team that only beat Purdue by 2 at home, and then beat Miami(OH) who lost just as bad to Kentucky the week before and hasn't scored a point all year, so please don't make them out to be some juggernaut.

Now, LSU has played poorly compared to what people expected, but we've won by 8+ in both games. We beat an improving UW team at UW with a brand new Defensive staff and then beat Vandy by 14 in horrible field and playing conditions. Pretty? No, but outside of UF, I don't see a team that has been more impressive consistently. Unless you assume pre-season rankings are legit.

how the hell does USC get 3 first place votes??? If we almost lost to a team who only beat Navy by 4 points...WOW! We would prolly drop out of the rankings even if we won the damn game. REDICULOUS!!!