LSU No. 4 USA Today preseason Coaches Poll

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  1. MikeDTiger

    MikeDTiger Geaux Tigers!!!

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    Poll: Oklahoma will start at No. 1 in USA TODAY preseason poll - USATODAY.com
    Article: Oklahoma leads way at No. 1 in USA TODAY preseason poll - USATODAY.com


    Rank Team (first-place votes) Points
    1. Oklahoma (42) 1,454
    2. Alabama (13) 1,414
    3. Oregon (2) 1,309
    4. LSU (2) 1,296
    5. Florida State 1,116
    6. Stanford 1,101
    7. Boise State 1,065
    8. Oklahoma State 933
    9. Texas A&M 885
    10. Wisconsin 829
    11. Nebraska 814
    12. South Carolina 779
    13. Virginia Tech 767
    14. Arkansas 750
    15. TCU 687
    16. Ohio State 631
    17. Michigan State 536
    18. Notre Dame 440
    19. Auburn 329
    20. Mississippi State 301
    21. Missouri 266
    22. Georgia 260
    23. Florida 240
    24. Texas 162
    25. Penn State 161

    Others receiving votes
    Arizona State 158
    West Virginia 149
    Utah 50
    Miami (Fla.) 49
    Iowa 41
    Northwestern 30
    Arizona 28
    Central Florida 22
    Michigan 19
    Air Force 15
    North Carolina 14
    Houston 13
    South Florida 9
    Hawaii 8
    Clemson 7
    Tennessee 7
    Southern Miss 6
    Brigham Young 5
    North Carolina State 4
    Northern Illinois 4
    Oregon State 4
    Pittsburgh 3
    Washington 3
    Georgia Tech 1
    Nevada 1
     
    MikeDTiger, Aug 4, 2011
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  2. Contained Chaos

    Contained Chaos Don't we all?

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    Wow. Six pre-season top 25 teams on our schedule. That is insane.
     
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  3. Cajun Sensation

    Cajun Sensation I'm kind of a big deal Staff Member

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    Well, no sense in bitching about Oregon being ranked ahead of us in this poll.

    We'll take care of that sh*t on September 3rd.

    :tigereye:
     
    Cajun Sensation, Aug 4, 2011
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  4. lsu_mackey

    lsu_mackey Agent Purple

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    8/12 SEC Teams in Top 25? Not too shabby.

    5/10 B12

    5/12 B10

    2/8 MWC

    2/12 Pac12

    2/12 ACC

    1/1 Independent (B$ Ranking)
     
    lsu_mackey, Aug 4, 2011
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  5. SabanFan

    SabanFan The voice of reason

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    Plus we can take out Bama and deal with Oklahoma in the Superdome.
     
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  6. LSUTyga73

    LSUTyga73 Football Connoisseur

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    The good news is that both LSU and Oregon are top 5 which makes this matchup that much bigger!

    8 SEC teams ranked is pretty crazy...and also a sign people respect our conference.
     
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  7. TigerCliff

    TigerCliff Veteran Member

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    the ducks have how many ?
     
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  8. TigerCliff

    TigerCliff Veteran Member

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    the Ducks have LSU and Stanford

    poor ducks
     
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  9. Tiger_fan

    Tiger_fan Veteran Member

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    compare to how previous preseason top 5's in the coaches poll did. only 10 of 25 (40.0%) ended up in the top 5 in the final coaches poll

    2010
    1. Bama (finished #11)
    2. Ohio State (finished #5)
    3. Florida (finished 8-5 and NR)
    4. Texas (finished 5-7 and NR)
    5. Boise St (finished #7)

    2009
    1. Florida (finished #3)
    2. Texas (finished #2)
    3. Oklahoma (finished 8-5 and NR)
    4. USC (finished #20)
    5. Bama (finished #1)

    2008
    1. Georgia (finished #10)
    2. USC (finished #2)
    3. Ohio State (finished #11)
    4. Oklahoma (finished #5)
    5. Florida (finished #1)

    2007
    1. USC (finished #2)
    2. LSU (finished #1)
    3. West Virginia (finished #6)
    4. Texas (finished #10)
    5. Michigan (finished #19)

    2006
    1. Ohio State (finished #2)
    2. Notre Dame (finished #19)
    3. Texas (finished #13)
    4. Auburn (finished #8)
    5. West Virginia (finished #10)
     
    Tiger_fan, Aug 4, 2011
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  10. FirstCoastTiger

    FirstCoastTiger FirstCoastTiger

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    Actually playing 6 ranked teams is the same gauntlet of stiff competition that we had to walk through last year...

    8/28/10 AP Poll + How many ranked teams are on their 2010 Schedule:
    1. Alabama - 5 ranked teams
    2 Ohio State- 4 ranked teams
    3 Boise State - 2 ranked teams
    4 Florida - 4 ranked teams
    5 Texas - 2 ranked teams
    6 TCU - 1 ranked team

    #21 LSU - 6 ranked teams

    Arguably this years schedule is much tougher though with us playing #3 Oregon and a tough road game at WV. Not to mention the SEC beasts.

    Here's looking forward to a Towson or two in the years to come!
     
    FirstCoastTiger, Aug 4, 2011
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