Where Do the LSU Tigers Rank in Preseason Poll?

SHREVEPORT, LA - I'm not sure I'm happy about this. The first AP college football poll is out and this list has the LSU Tigers ranked #13. We are not even in the top 10. I understand, the Tigers had lots of defensive struggles last year, but I still think we have a pretty good squad.

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The Georgia Bulldogs are at the top of the pack for the second straight year. The Bulldogs got 46 first place votes to easily take the top spot. Ohio State was a distant 2nd with just 15 first place votes.

Here's the Top 10

— No. 2 Ohio State extended its record streak of consecutive seasons appearing in the preseason poll to 36.

— No. 3 Oregon has its best preseason ranking since 2014 when it was also No. 3.

— No. 4 Texas’ preseason ranking is its best since 2009, when it was No. 2.

— No. 5 Alabama’s ranking is its lowest in the preseason since it was No. 5 in 2009, though the Crimson Tide did extend its record streak of appearing in the preseason top five to 16 years.

— No. 6 Ole Miss has its best preseason ranking since it was No. 5 in 1970, Archie Manning’s final season as Rebels quarterback.

— No. 7 Notre Dame is ranked in the preseason top 10 for the fifth time in the last six seasons.

— No. 8 Penn State is in the preseason poll for the 50th time, eighth most in history behind Ohio State (71), Oklahoma (66), USC (63), Notre Dame (61), Alabama (58), Texas (57) and Michigan (53).

— No. 9 Michigan, where Sherrone Moore is the first Wolverines head coach to have a team ranked in the preseason poll in his debut season since Lloyd Carr in 1995 (No. 14).

— No. 10 Florida State has been ranked in the top 10 of 17 straight polls, the fourth-longest active streak behind Georgia (50), Michigan (44) and Ohio State (44).

LSU will face five teams ranked in the pre-season polls Top 25.

The Tigers open their season on September 1 against USC in Las Vegas in a Sunday night game.

Tiger Rag Editor Todd Horne says the AP puts the Tigers outside of the Top 10 because of defensive concerns. LSU is the sixth-highest-rated SEC team in the top 25, behind Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, and Missouri.