Posted on August 30th, 2009 by Admin

BATON ROUGE — The LSU football team will start the 2009 season in a familiar place this decade: in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25. The Tigers were voted No. 11 by the writers, and start the season among the nation’s elite programs.

Defending national champion Florida topped the poll with 58 of 60 first-place votes, while Alabama (5), Ole Miss (8) and Georgia (13) also represented the Southeastern Conference in the rankings.

LSU opens its fifth season under head coach Les Miles on Sept. 5 when the Tigers travel to Seattle to face unranked Washington in a nationally televised game on ESPN.

AP Preseason Top 25

Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Total Points

1. Florida (58) 1,498

2. Texas (2) 1,424

3. Oklahoma 1,370

4. USC 1,313

5. Alabama 1,156

6. Ohio State 1,113

7. Virginia Tech 1,054

8. Mississippi 1,047

t9. Oklahoma State 989

t9. Penn State 989

11. LSU 914

12. California 746

13. Georgia 714

14. Boise State 659

15. Georgia Tech 593

16. Oregon 587

17. TCU 521

18. Florida State 307

19. Utah 289

20. Brigham Young 267

21. North Carolina 261

22. Iowa 229

23. Notre Dame 225

24. Nebraska 207

25. Kansas 134

Others Receiving Votes

Oregon State 122, Illinois 105, Pittsburgh 103, Michigan State 100, Rutgers 83, Texas Tech 76, West Virginia 57, Cincinnati 44, Clemson 42, Miami (FL) 40, East Carolina 30, Tennessee 15, Arizona 13, North Carolina State 10, Boston College 9, Central Michigan 7, Auburn 7, UCLA 7, Northwestern 5, South Florida 3, Southern Miss 3, Vanderbilt 3, Missouri 3, South Carolina 2, Nevada 1, Arkansas 1, Houston 1, Troy 1, Tulsa 1.

Source: LSUSports.Net

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