LSU Tigers Football Ranked No. 5 In AP Preseason Poll

Thirteen more days tiger fans. That's right, there are less than two weeks to the most glorious time of the year: college football season! With the season getting close, all the preseason polls are being released.

Yesterday, the Associated Press (AP) preseason poll was released, and the LSU football squad took the #5 spot in the rankings. Other SEC teams that landed in the top 25 are Alabama, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Georgia and Florida.

LSU will take on three of those teams in the Top 25. They will face off against #1 Alabama, #11 Ole Miss and #25 Florida this season.

Here is the complete top 25 rankings according to LSUSports.net:

AP Preseason Top 25

Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Points
1, Alabama (33), 1469
2, Clemson (16), 1443
3, Oklahoma (4), 1352
4, Florida State (5), 1325
5, LSU (1), 1269
6, Ohio State (1), 1224
7, Michigan (1), 1147
8, Stanford, 1029
9, Tennessee, 1021
10, Notre Dame, 1006
11, Ole Miss, 718
12, Michigan State, 710
13, TCU, 707
14, Washington, 651
15, Houston, 644
16, UCLA, 496
17, Iowa, 484
18, Georgia, 448
19, Louisville, 447
20, USC, 344
21, Oklahoma State, 316
22, North Carolina, 283
23, Baylor, 280
24, Oregon, 218
25, Florida, 180

LSU kicks off the 2016 season at Lambeau Field as they face Wisconsin on national TV. The game will be televised on ABC on Saturday, September 3rd, and will kickoff at 2:30.