LSU breaks into Top-10 in AP Top-25 poll

BATON ROUGE – LSU climbed into the AP Top-10 for the first time this season on Monday at No. 10 after the Tigers had three dominating wins over the past week.

This is the second straight year that LSU has climbed into the AP Top-10 as Coach Mulkey continues to lead the program back to national relevance. The Tigers climbed as high as No. 6 last year during Coach Mulkey’s first season in Baton Rouge. The last time LSU reached the AP Top-10 in two straight years was in 2006-07 when LSU climbed as high as No. 5 and 2007-08 where LSU’s best ranking was also No. 5.

The Tigers have been led by one of the most talented players in the country in Angel Reese. After putting on a showcase in the Tigers’ three games last week and dominating the court with historical performances, Reese was named ESPN’s National Player of the Week on Monday.

LSU is off for the holidays and when it comes back from the break it will be time for conference play to begin. The Tigers will open SEC play on December 29 on ESPN at Arkansas who is also undefeated and was No. 17 in Monday’s AP Poll. It will be the Tigers’ first matchup against a ranked opponent this season.

RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS

1 South Carolina (28) 11-0 700 1

2 Stanford 11-1 672 2

3 Ohio State 11-0 627 3

4 Indiana 11-0 619 4

5 Notre Dame 9-1 594 5

6 North Carolina 9-1 529 7

7 NC State 11-1 514 8

8 Virginia Tech 10-1 481 6

9 UConn 8-2 470 9

10 LSU 11-0 422 11

11 UCLA 11-1 420 10

12 Utah10-037213

13 Iowa9-337012

14 Iowa State8-234114

15 Maryland9-329615

16 Oregon9-1280T-16

17 Arkansas13-025621

18 Arizona9-121720

19 Michigan10-121019

20 Kansas10-018722

21 Creighton8-2133T-16

22 Gonzaga10-211423

23 Oklahoma9-18624

24 Baylor8-36718

25 St. John's11-027NR

Others receiving votes: Marquette 24, Virginia 21, Louisville 20, Villanova 11, Texas 5, Rice 4, Duke 3, Kansas State 3, Columbia 3, Nebraska 2