Where does LSU's land in Week 7 AP Poll?

LSU got a home win over South Carolina on Saturday night in Death Valley, improving to 5-1 on the season, an impressive mark as the entire country seeks consistency week to week. The Tigers’ toughest slate is on the horizon, but halfway through the year, there’s an optimism that this team’s best football is still ahead of it.

LSU dropped after the loss to Ole Miss, but after the bye week and now a win over South Carolina, the Tigers have moved up, now at No. 10 in the latest AP Poll, the fifth highest SEC team in the rankings. The Tigers take on the No. 17 Vanderbilt team on the road next week.

Here is the full AP top 25, released on Sunday afternoon.

1. Ohio State
2. Miami
3. Indiana
4. Texas A&M
5. Ole Miss
6. Alabama
7. Texas Tech
8. Oregon
9. Georgia
10. LSU
11. Tennessee
12. Georgia Tech
13. Notre Dame
14. Oklahoma
15. BYU
16. Missouri
17. Vanderbilt
18. Virginia
19. USF
20. USC
21. Texas
22. Memphis
23. Utah
24. Cincinnati
25. Nebraska

Others receiving votes:

Illinois 113, Michigan 73, Washington 36, UNLV 30, Navy 11, Mississippi St. 8, Tulane 2, San Diego St. 2.

Brian Kelly after LSU’s win over South Carolina

“We all watched the game. I was pleased with some things we did that we hadn’t been doing. We ran the ball with much more effectiveness. We got the ball to Tradez Green — I was pleased about that. But certainly, you can’t get down on the one-yard line three times and come up with three points. I think we all know that. What I loved was our compete. I love the way our guys competed for four quarters. Our fans stayed in there with us. It is what it is — find a way to win. And tonight, we found a way to win even though we had some mistakes out there that could, at times, be catastrophic. We’ll have to eliminate those. But the bottom line is, I love the way the kids competed today.”

On containing LaNorris Sellers…

“Yeah, we needed to. I think I said this Thursday — when we get to him, we have to make sure he feels us. He’s an extraordinary athlete, and we missed a lot of tackles where, if we run our feet and do the things we’re supposed to do, we probably tackle more. But he felt us today. He felt our football team, our defense. We made it a physical game. He did some really good things as well, but at the end of the day, we held him to 10 points, and that’s what we were hoping for.”

On Garrett Nussmeier’s performance…

“I thought he was a lot more aggressive. He had that kind of demeanor you want in your quarterback. We want to clean up some things — the mishandled snaps, the turnovers down there — but he’s competing his tail off for us. We’re not perfect; we’re a work in progress. We’ll have to be better next week. But I look at it as: we know where our issues are. They’re not hidden. We can’t give up a 75-yard run; we have to fit that the right way. But bottom line, against an SEC opponent, we held them to 10 points, and except for our own mistakes, we controlled the flow of the game.”