LSU Drops Out Of The Rankings After Going 1-2 In The AdvoCare Invitational

LSU (5-2) dropped out of the Coaches Poll and the AP Top 25 after going 1-2 in the AdvoCare Invitational over the weekend.

The Tigers opened up the tournament with a 67-55 win over Charleston but lost two straight to No. 14 Florida State (79-76 OT) on Friday and Oklahoma State (99-77) on Saturday night.

LSU was ranked No. 19 in the AP and No. 21 in the Coaches poll last week.

The Tigers return to action vs. Grambling on Saturday at 4 p.m. CT on SECN+.

AP Top 25:
1. Gonzaga (32) 6-0
2. Kansas (31) 5-0
3. Duke (1) 5-1
4. Virginia (1) 6-0
5. Nevada 6-0
6. Tennessee 4-1
7. Michigan 6-0
8. Auburn 5-1
9. Michigan State 5-1
10. Kentucky 5-1
11. North Carolina 6-1
12. Kansas State 6-0
13. Virginia Tech 5-0
14. Iowa 5-0
15. Florida State 5-1
16. Ohio State 6-0
17. Texas 5-1
18. Oregon 4-1
19. Purdue 5-1
20. Texas Tech 6-0
21. Buffalo 5-0
22. Wisconsin 5-1
23. Villanova 5-2
24. Maryland 6-0
25. Mississippi State 4-1

Others receiving votes: Arizona State 156, Clemson 135, Furman 72, Creighton 65, LSU 41, Indiana 35, UCLA 30, Iowa State 22, St. John's 19, Minnesota 17, Miami 10, Syracuse 8, TCU 8, Nebraska 6, Arkansas 6, Notre Dame 4, UConn 4, Florida 3, UCF 3, Davidson 1, Houston 1

Dropped from rankings: Clemson 16, UCLA 17, TCU 18, LSU 19

Coaches Poll:
1. Gonzaga (17) 6-0
2. Kansas (15) 5-0
3. Duke 5-1
4. Virginia 6-0
5. Michigan 6-0
6. Nevada 6-0
7. Tennessee 4-1
8. Michigan State 5-1
9. Kentucky 5-1
10. Auburn 5-1
10. Kansas State 6-0
12. Virginia Tech 5-0
13. North Carolina 6-1
14. Florida State 5-1
15. Iowa 5-0
16. Ohio State 6-0
17. Texas 5-1
18. Purdue 5-1
19. Texas Tech 6-0
20. Buffalo 5-0
21. Oregon 4-1
22. Wisconsin 5-1
23. Villanova 5-2
24. Clemson 5-1
25. Mississippi State 4-1

Others receiving votes: Maryland 77, Arizona State 51, UCLA 37, LSU 36, Miami 30, Furman 27, Creighton 26, Minnesota 19, NC State 19, Iowa State 16, Butler 12, UCF 9, St. John's 9, Nebraska 8, Syracuse 7, Houston 7, TCU 7, Indiana 5, West Virginia 4, Arkansas 1, North Texas 1

Dropped from rankings: UCLA 17, TCU 18, LSU 21, Nebraska 24