LSU Moves Up To #2 In Coaches Poll, Stay #3 In AP Poll

The LSU Tigers are now 2-0 on the season after beating the Washington Huskies 41-3 Saturday night at Tigers Stadium.  The Tigers also moved up in the USA Today Coaches Poll to #2 but stayed at #3 in the AP Poll.

Here are the polls after week two:

The AP Top 25
Sept. 9, 2012

Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Previous
1. Alabama (48) 2-0 1,486 1
2. USC (8) 2-0 1,414 2
3. LSU (4) 2-0 1,404 3
4. Oregon 2-0 1,299 4
t5. Florida St. 2-0 1,160 6
t5. Oklahoma 2-0 1,160 5
7. Georgia 2-0 1,155 7
8. South Carolina 2-0 1,025 9
9. West Virginia 1-0 1,017 9
10. Michigan St. 2-0 995 11
11. Clemson 2-0 868 12
12. Ohio St. 2-0 772 14
13. Virginia Tech 2-0 734 15
14. Texas 2-0 716 17
15. Kansas St. 2-0 714 21
16. TCU 1-0 542 20
17. Michigan 1-1 429 19
18. Florida 2-0 427 24
19. Louisville 2-0 316 23
20. Notre Dame 2-0 310 22
21. Stanford 2-0 260 25
22. UCLA 2-0 250 NR
23. Tennessee 2-0 177 NR
24. Arizona 2-0 149 NR
25. BYU 2-0 110 NR

Rank School (record), Points, Last week's rank (First-place votes)
1. Alabama (2-0) 1455 1 (42)
2. LSU (2-0) 1380 3 (5)
3. USC (2-0) 1363 2 (11)
4. Oregon (2-0) 1292 4 (1)
5. Oklahoma (2-0) 1203 5
6. Florida State (2-0) 1153 6
7. Georgia (2-0) 1120 7
8. West Virginia (1-0) 1024 8
9. South Carolina (2-0) 1008 9
10. Michigan State (2-0) 950 11
11. Clemson (2-0) 904 12
12. Texas (2-0) 730 15
13. Virginia Tech (2-0) 704 18
14. Kansas State (2-0) 696 20
15. TCU (1-0) 649 17
16. Stanford (2-0) 455 21
17. Florida (2-0) 452 23
18. Michigan (1-1) 440 19
19. Notre Dame (2-0) 398 22
20. Louisville (2-0) 280 24
21. Arkansas (1-1) 246 10
22. Wisconsin (1-1) 151 13
23. UCLA (2-0) 147 NR
24. Nebraska (1-1) 135 14
25. Arizona (2-0) 120 NR

Dropped out: No. 16 Oklahoma State (1-1), No. 25 Boise State (0-1).

Source:LSUsports.net

The LSU Tigers will take on Idaho in Tigers Stadium this Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. and the game will be televised on Tigervision.