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Sept. 6 Football National Rankings

BATON ROUGE - The LSU football teamw as ranked No. 21 by the Associated Press and No. 22 in this week's Amway Coaches Top 25 Poll released Tuesday, as the Tigers head into this weekend's home matchup with Jacksonville State at 6:30 p.m.

LSU dropped its first season-opening game since 2002, falling to Wisconsin 16-14 last Saturday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Jacksonville State (1-0) is ranked No. 5 in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches' Poll.

AP Top 25

Rank Team (First-Place Vote), Record, Previous, Points
1 Alabama (54), 1-0, 1, 1,518
2 Clemson (2), 1-0, 2, 1,416
3 Florida State (4), 1-0, 4, 1,413
4 Ohio State, 1-0, 6, 1,324
5 Michigan (1), 1-0, 7, 1,261
6 Houston 1-0, 15, 1,243
7 Stanford, 1-0, 8, 1,140
8 Washington, 1-0, 14, 884
9 Georgia, 1-0, 18, 877
10 Wisconsin, 1-0, NR, 759
11 Texas, 1-0, NR, 743
12 Michigan State, 1-0, 12, 722
13 Louisville, 1-0, 19, 686
14 Oklahoma, 0-1, 3, 664
15 TCU, 1-0, 13, 635
16 Iowa, 1-0, 17, 588
17 Tennessee, 1-0, 9, 573
18 Notre Dame, 0-1, 10, 528
19 Ole Miss, 0-1, 11, 493
20 Texas A&M, 1-0, NR, 477
21 LSU, 0-1, 5, 423
22 Oklahoma State, 1-0, 21, 409
23 Baylor, 1-0, 23, 296
24 Oregon, 1-0, 24, 242
25 Miami (Fla.