Tulane 9th in final polls; LSU remains at 15th, 16th

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Tulane’s Cotton Bowl victory over Southern California vaulted the Green Wave into the top 10 of The Associated Press and USA TODAY Coaches polls for the first time since 1998.

The Green Wave (12-2) is ranked ninth in the season-ending AP poll released early Tuesday morning, while LSU (10-4) finished 16th. In the coaches poll, Tulane also rose to ninth and LSU was 15th.

Tulane finished seventh in the AP poll after its 12-0 season in 1998 and fifth in the final 1939 rankings.

Willie Fritz’s team made the biggest jump in the final polls, moving up five spots from No. 14 in the final AP poll and eight positions from 17th in the coaches poll. Tulane was No. 16 in the College Football Playoff final rankings; the CFP does not do postseason rankings.

The full polls:

Associated Press Record Pts Prv USA TODAY Coaches Record Pts Prev
1 Georgia (63) 14-0 1575 1 1 Georgia (63) 15-0 1575 1
2 TCU 13-1 1484 3 2 TCU 13-2 1482 4
3 Michigan 13-1 1438 2 3 Michigan 13-1 1423 2
4 Ohio State 11-2 1394 4 4 Ohio State 11-2 1404 3
5 Alabama 11-2 1303 5 5 Alabama 11-2 1329 5
6 Tennessee 11-2 1294 6 6 Tennessee 11-2 1273 6
7 Penn State 11-2 1200 9 7 Penn State 11-2 1199 7
8 Washington 11-2 1097 12 8 Washington 11-2 1091 12
9 Tulane 12-2 1025 14 9 Tulane 12-2 981 17
10 Utah 10-4 876 7 10 Florida State 10-3 926 13
11 Florida State 10-3 814 13 11 Utah 10-4 878 10
12 Southern California 11-3 795 8 12 Clemson 11-3 839 11
13 Clemson 11-3 791 10 13 Southern California 11-3 829 8
14 Kansas State 10-4 784 11 14 Kansas State 10-4 769 9
15 Oregon 10-3 758 15 15 LSU 10-4 766 15
16 LSU 10-4 757 16 16 Oregon 10-3 708 14
17 Oregon State 10-3 742 17 17 Oregon State 10-3 690 16
18 Notre Dame 9-4 535 19 18 Notre Dame 9-4 498 20
19 Troy 12-2 322 23 19 Mississippi State 9-4 364 23
20 Mississippi State 9-4 320 24 20 Troy 12-2 314 24
21 UCLA 9-4 243 18 21 UCLA 9-4 238 18
22 Pittsburgh 9-4 233 – 22 Pittsburgh 9-4 193 –
23 South Carolina 8-5 180 20 23 South Carolina 8-5 164 19
24 Fresno State 10-4 164 – 24 Fresno State 10-4 134 –
25 Texas 8-5 95 21 25 Texas 8-5 69 21
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Lenny was involved in college athletics starting in the early 1980s, when he began working Tulane University sporting events while still attending Archbishop Rummel High School. He continued that relationship as a student at Loyola University, where he graduated in 1987. For the next 11 years, Vangilder worked in the sports information offices at Southwestern Louisiana (now UL-Lafayette) and Tulane;…

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