BATON ROUGE -- Heading into its day-after-Thanksgiving matchup against Arkansas, the LSU football team continued to advance in the coaches' poll after a 41-35 thrilling victory over rival Ole Miss.

LSU (9-2, 5-2 SEC) maintained its outside chances for postseason championship games, as it advanced on spot to No. 7 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll. LSU remained No. 7 in the Bowl Championship Series standings and No. 8 in the Associated Press Top 25 - 16 points behind previous No. 2 Kansas State - despite a shuffle in the top 7.

The Tigers travel to Fayetteville - not Little Rock - for the biennial road trip for the first time since 1992. Kickoff on Friday is set for 1:30 p.m. CT on CBS.

Bowl Championship Series Standings

RK, TEAM, BCS AVG, PVS, Computer Avg., Computer Pct.

1, Notre Dame, .9973, 3, 1, 1.000

2, Alabama, .9333, 4, 3, .910

3, Georgia, .8763, 5, 6, .820

4, Florida, .8434, 6, 2, .960

5, Oregon, .8318, 2, 7, .800

6, Kansas State, .7692, 1, 4, .840

7, LSU, .7308, 7, 8, .750

8, Stanford, .7077, 13, 5, .830

9, Texas A&M, .6526, 8, 10, .620

10, Florida State, .6363, 10, 17, .320

11, Clemson, .6056, 11, 15, .440

12, South Carolina, .5871, 9, 11, .610

13, Oklahoma, .5677, 12, 9, .630

14, Nebraska, .4790, 14, 12, .550

15, Oregon State, .4499, 16, 12, .550

16, Texas, .4235, 15, 14, .490

17, UCLA, .3826, 17, 16, .350

18, Rutgers, .2432, 22, 21, .190

19, Michigan, .2253, 21, 19, .280

20, Louisville, .2165, 19, 26, .030

21, Oklahoma State, .2042, 24, 18, .290

22, Boise State, .1043, NR, 30, .000

23, Kent State, .0955, NR, 22, .160

24, Arizona, .0836, NR, 20, .240

25, Washington, .0643, 25, 23, .150

Associated Press Top 25

Team (First-Place Votes) Record Points Previous

1. Notre Dame (60) 11-0 1,500 3

2. Alabama 10-1 1,399 4

3. Georgia 10-1 1,316 5

4. Ohio St. 11-0 1,292 6

5. Oregon 10-1 1,246 1

6. Florida 10-1 1,171 7

7. Kansas St. 10-1 1,064 2

8. LSU 9-2 1,048 8

9. Texas A&M 9-2 1,028 9

10. Florida St. 10-1 1,026 10

11. Stanford 9-2 991 14

12. Clemson 10-1 874 11

13. South Carolina 9-2 795 12

14. Oklahoma 8-2 734 13

15. UCLA 9-2 624 17

16. Oregon St. 8-2 599 15

17. Nebraska 9-2 559 16

18. Texas 8-2 498 18

19. Louisville 9-1 362 20

20. Michigan 8-3 282 23

21. Rutgers 9-1 265 22

22. Oklahoma St. 7-3 240 NR

23. Kent St. 10-1 155 25

24. Northern Illinois 10-1 144 NR

t25. Mississippi St. 8-3 82 NR

t25. Utah St. 9-2 82 NR

Others receiving votes: Boise St. 20, Northwestern 20, Washington 20, Arizona 13, Southern Cal 12, Tulsa 10, San Jose St. 8, Fresno St. 7, Louisiana Tech 4, Wisconsin 4, San Diego St. 2, Baylor 1, Iowa St. 1, TCU 1, Vanderbilt 1.

USA Today Coaches Poll

Rank, Team, Record, Points, First Place Votes, Previous Rank

1, Notre Dame, 11-0, 1469, 56, 3

2, Alabama, 10-1, 1386, 2, 5

3, Georgia, 10-1, 1348, 1, 4

4, Oregon, 10-1, 1227, 1

5, Florida St., 10-1, 1199, 6

6, Florida, 10-1, 1166, 7

7, LSU, 9-2, 1062, 8

8, Kansas St., 10-1, 1056, 2

9, Clemson, 10-1, 1029, 9

10, Texas A&M, 9-2, 994, 10

11, Stanford, 9-2, 934, 13

12, South Carolina, 9-2, 853, 11

13, Oklahoma, 8-2, 798, 12

14, Nebraska, 9-2, 654, 14

15, Texas, 8-2, 593, 15

16, UCLA, 9-2, 590, 16

17, Oregon St., 8-2, 563, 17

18, Louisville, 9-1, 453, 18

19, Rutgers, 9-1, 408, 20

20, Michigan, 8-3, 289, 23

21, Oklahoma St., 7-3, 258, 24

22, Boise St., 9-2, 243, 22

23, Northern Illinois, 10-1, 149, NR

24, Mississippi St., 8-3, 99, NR

25, Kent St., 10-1, 86, NR

Schools Dropped Out

No. 19 Louisiana Tech (9-2), No. 21 Southern California (7-4), No. 25 Texas Tech (7-4).

Others Receiving Votes

Utah State (9-2) 74; Northwestern (8-3) 59; Louisiana Tech (9-2) 36; Washington (7-4) 36; Southern California (7-4) 14; Tulsa (9-2) 14; San Jose State (9-2) 7; San Diego State (8-3) 6; Arizona (7-4) 5; Vanderbilt (7-4) 4; Wisconsin (7-4) 4; Fresno State (8-3) 3; Middle Tennessee (7-3) 3; Arkansas State (8-3) 2; Cincinnati (7-3) 1; Texas Tech (7-4) 1.