LSU stays in top 15 in final polls

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING. LSU linebacker Kevin Minter, left, rests his hands on his hips during warmups before the Tigers' game against Mississippi State on Nov. 8. Minter was named the team MVP during a banquet Sunday night.

The LSU Tigers finished No. 12 in the final USA Today coaches' poll and No. 14 in the final Associated Press Top 25.

Both rankings were released Tuesday morning following Alabama's 42-14 rout of Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship Game. LSU (10-3) went into the Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl ranked No. 7 in the coaches' poll and No. 9 in the AP, but a last-second 25-24 loss to Clemson cost LSU a shot at a third straight top-10 finish.

It is the fifth straight year the Tigers have finished in the polls, tying the second-longest streak in school history. LSU finished in the polls six straight years from 1968-73.

LSU was the highest-ranked three-loss team in either poll.

Alabama finished a unanimous No. 1 in both polls, while previous No. 1 Notre Dame dropped to No. 3 in the coaches' poll and No. 4 in the AP.

Seven SEC teams finished in the rankings as follows:

Alabama, 13-1: No. 1, both polls.

Comments

1) Comment by mistert - 08/01/2013

I hope Les Miles allows somebody to manage the offensive side of the ball, as Chavis manages the defensive side. Otherwise, we should not continue to pay an exorbitant salary for a so-called-offensive cooordinator that has embarassed LSU football, nationally, in two consecutive bowl games. One was the BCSNCG and then that Chikin Bowl. I am ready for a new administrator, President, who will come in and read the rights of people who are paid millions, to run an athletic program. Obviously we have a sleepwalking AD, who just spends money and doesn't work much.