BATON ROUGE -- Following a 37-17 Homecoming victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night, the LSU football team moved to No. 8 in the AP Top 25, the USA Today Coaches poll and the Harris Interactive Poll.

After a string of five-straight games against ranked opponents, LSU (8-2, 4-2 SEC) next faces Ole Miss at 2:30 p.m. CST on Saturday. The game will be broadcast nationally by CBS.

In the Bowl Championship Series standings, the Tigers remained No. 7.

Associated Press Top 25

Team (First-Place Votes) Record Points Previous

1. Oregon (45) 10-0 1,485 2

2. Kansas St. (14) 10-0 1,451 3

3. Notre Dame (1) 10-0 1,382 4

4. Alabama 9-1 1,259 1

5. Georgia 9-1 1,223 5

6. Ohio St. 10-0 1,212 5

7. Florida 9-1 1,089 7

8. LSU 8-2 1,046 9

9. Texas A&M 8-2 1,031 15

10. Florida St. 9-1 1,024 8

11. Clemson 9-1 907 10

12. South Carolina 8-2 848 12

13. Oklahoma 7-2 798 14

14. Stanford 8-2 766 16

15. Oregon St. 7-2 556 13

16. Nebraska 8-2 549 18

17. UCLA 8-2 541 17

18. Texas 8-2 496 19

19. Louisiana Tech 9-1 374 19

20. Louisville 9-1 322 11

21. Southern Cal 7-3 297 21

22. Rutgers 8-1 179 24

23. Michigan 7-3 135 NR

23. Texas Tech 7-3 135 25

25. Kent St. 9-1 93 NR

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 79, N. Illinois 77, Mississippi St. 48, Wisconsin 26, UCF 16, Boise St. 14, Arizona 6, Cincinnati 6, Fresno St. 6, TCU 5, San Jose St. 4, Tulsa 4, Utah St. 4, San Diego St. 3, Northwestern 2, Toledo 1, Washington 1.

Bowl Championship Series Standings

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

1, Kansas State, .9674, 2, 2, .970

2, Oregon, .9497, 3, 4, .870

3, Notre Dame, .9396, 4, 1, .990

4, Alabama, .8534, 1, 5, .850

5, Georgia, .8328, 5, 6, .810

6, Florida, .7955, 6, 3, .920

7, LSU, .7331, 7, 7, .770

8, Texas A&M, .6621, 15, 8, .690

9, South Carolina, .6349, 8, 8, .690

10, Florida State, .6071, 10, 17, .290

11, Clemson, .5921, 13, 15, .390

12, Oklahoma, .5797, 12, 10, .630

13, Stanford, .5705, 14, 11, .610

14, Nebraska, .4679, 16, 13, .530

15, Texas, .4259, 17, 14, .480

16, Oregon State, .4161, 11, 12, .540

17, UCLA, .2925, 18, 20, .240

18, USC, .2769, 19, 17, .290

19, Louisville, .2159, 9, 27, .020

20, Louisiana Tech, .1911, 20, 25, .040

21, Michigan, .1665, NR, 16, .310

22, Rutgers, .1529, 23, 27, .020

23, Texas Tech, .1416, 22, 20, .240

24, Oklahoma State, .1088, NR, 22, .210

25, Washington, .0850, NR, 19, .250

USA Today Coaches Poll

Rank School (record) Points Last week's rank (First-place votes)

1. Oregon (10-0) 1460 2 (44)

2. Kansas State (10-0) 1427 3 (14)

3. Notre Dame (10-0) 1346 4 (1)

4. Georgia (9-1) 1260 5

5. Alabama (9-1) 1243 1

6. Florida State (9-1) 1143 6

7. Florida (9-1) 1079 7

8. LSU (8-2) 1040 9

9. Clemson (9-1) 1033 8

10. Texas A&M (8-2) 967 14

11. South Carolina (8-2) 903 11

12. Oklahoma (7-2) 799 13

13. Stanford (8-2) 793 15

14. Nebraska (8-2) 653 16

15. Texas (8-2) 615 17

16. UCLA (8-2) 494 19

17. Oregon State (7-2) 490 12

18. Louisville (9-1) 442 10

19. Louisiana Tech (9-1) 413 18

20. Rutgers (8-1) 354 20

21. Southern California (7-3) 343 22

22. Boise State (8-2) 161 24

23. Michigan (7-3) 144 NR

24. Oklahoma State (6-3) 111 NR

25. Texas Tech (7-3) 106 NR

Dropped out: No. 21 Northwestern (7-3, lost to then-unranked Michigan 38-31 OT); No. 23 Mississippi State (7-3, lost to then-No. 9 LSU 37-17), No. 25 Toledo (8-2, lost to Ball State 34-27).

Others receiving votes: Northern Illinois (9-1) 105; Wisconsin (7-3) 68; Kent State (9-1) 39; Cincinnati (7-2) 35; Mississippi State (7-3) 32; Utah State (8-2) 20; Central Florida (8-2) 18; Northwestern (7-3) 10; San Diego State (8-3) 8; Tulsa (8-2) 8; Washington (6-4) 7; Fresno State (8-3) 4; Middle Tennessee (6-3) 2.

Harris Interactive Poll

Rank, Team, Record, Points, Previous Week's Rank

1, Oregon (90), 10-0, 2,844, 2

2, Kansas State (23), 10-0, 2,774, 3

3, Notre Dame (1), 10-0, 2,634, 4

4, Alabama (1), 9-1, 2,494, 1

5, Georgia, 9-1, 2,398, 5

6, Florida State, 9-1, 2,175, 6

7, Florida, 9-1, 2,113, 7

8, LSU, 8-2, 2,082, 8

9, Clemson, 9-1, 1,972, 9

10, Texas A&M, 8-2, 1,842, 15

11, South Carolina, 8-2, 1,732, 11

12, Oklahoma, 7-2, 1,631, 13

13, Stanford, 8-2, 1,621, 14

14, Nebraska, 8-2, 1,239, 16

15, Texas, 8-2, 1,095, 17

16, Oregon State, 7-2, 1,081, 12

17, Louisville, 9-1, 943, 10

18, USC, 7-3, 886, 18

19, UCLA, 8-2, 870, 21

20, Louisiana Tech, 9-1, 728, 19

21, Rutgers, 8-1, 571, 22

22, Texas Tech, 7-3, 325, 25

23, Boise State, 8-2, 324, 23

24, Michigan, 7-3, 264, NR

25, Mississippi State, 7-3, 159, 20

Other teams receiving votes: Oklahoma State 118; Northern Illinois 116; Kent State 94; Wisconsin 94; Cincinnati 43; Utah State 31; Northwestern 21; TCU 15; San Diego State 12; Tulsa 9; San Jose State 8; Arizona 7; Fresno State 5; Toledo 4; Washington 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: Northwestern.