The LSU football team remained at No. 3 in the AP Top 25 released on Tuesday but fell to from the top spot to No. 3 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll despite a season-opening 41-14 win over North Texas.

Alabama jumped to the top spot in both poll after placing second coming into the season's first week. The defending national champion Crimson Tide hammered Michigan last Saturday in Arlington, Texas.

After having no trouble with Hawai'i to open 2012, USC fell from the top spot in the AP poll to rank second ahead of LSU in both rankings.

The Tigers have now been ranked in the AP poll for 50 straight weeks, second to only Alabama (66 consecutive polls). Boise State, a 17-13 loser at Michigan State last Friday, fell from the rankings after 62 consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25.

The AP Top 25

Team (First-Place Votes), Recor, Points, Previous
1. Alabama (45) 1-0 1,481 2
2. USC (11) 1-0 1,435 1
3. LSU (4) 1-0 1,382 3
4. Oregon 1-0 1,295 5
5. Oklahoma 1-0 1,170 4
6. Florida St. 1-0 1,135 7
7. Georgia 1-0 1,083 6
8. Arkansas 1-0 992 10
9. South Carolina 1-0 980 9
9. West Virginia 1-0 980 11
11. Michigan St. 1-0 915 13
12. Clemson 1-0 788 14
13. Wisconsin 1-0 664 12
14. Ohio St. 1-0 634 18
15. Virginia Tech 1-0 604 16
16. Nebraska 1-0 603 17
17. Texas 1-0 584 15 
18. Oklahoma St. 1-0 558 19
19. Michigan 0-1 446 8
20. TCU 0-0 355 20
21. Kansas St. 1-0 339 22
22. Notre Dame 1-0 198 NR
23. Louisville 1-0 190 25
24. Florida 1-0 145 23
25. Stanford 1-0 131 21

Others receiving votes: Boise St. 79, Tennessee 73, BYU 63, North Carolina 48, Baylor 38, Utah 34,Washington 15, Georgia Tech 14, Ohio 10, Texas St. 10, Missouri 7, South Florida 5, Texas A&M 5, UCF 4, Auburn 3, Mississippi St. 3, Cincinnati 2.

USA Today Coaches' Poll

Rank , Team (first-place votes), Record, Points , Last week
1. Alabama (37), 1-0, 1,447, 2
2. USC (14), 1-0, 1,398, 3
3. LSU (7), 1-0, 1,375, 1
4. Oregon (1), 1-0, 1,286, 5
5. Oklahoma, 1-0, 1,171, 4
6. Florida State, 1-0, 1,144, 7
7. Georgia, 1-0, 1,092, 6
8. West Virginia, 1-0, 1,032, 11
9. South Carolina, 1-0, 943, 9
10. Arkansas, 1-0, 929, 10
11. Michigan State , 1-0, 868, 13
12. Clemson, 1-0, 826, 14
13. Wisconsin, 1-0, 719, 12
14. Nebraska, 1-0, 652, 16
15. Texas, 1-0, 600, 15
16. Oklahoma State , 1-0, 595, 19
17. TCU, 0-0, 479, 17
18. Virginia Tech, 1-0, 476, 20
19. Michigan, 0-1, 427, 8
20. Kansas State , 1-0, 414, 21
21. Stanford, 1-0, 324, 18
22. Notre Dame , 1-0, 252, 24
23. Florida, 1-0, 204, 23
24. Louisville, 1-0, 109, NR
25. Boise State , 0-1, 82, 22

Dropped out: No. 25 Auburn (0-1).
Others receiving votes: Washington 55; Brigham Young 41; Baylor 39; Tennessee 29; Utah 20; Auburn 18; Georgia Tech 16; Missouri 16; Texas A&M 13; South Florida 12; Central Florida 11; Ohio 11; Cincinnati 10; Mississippi State 10; Virginia 7; Arizona 6; Louisiana Tech 6; Nevada 5; Vanderbilt 3; Northwestern 1; Rutgers 1; Texas Tech 1.