Oct. 30, 2011

The South Carolina Gamecocks are ranked 10th in both the Associated Press and USA TODAY/Coaches polls released today. They climbed four spots in both polls this week.

The Gamecocks (7-1, 5-1 SEC) are coming off a 14-3 win at Tennessee on Saturday. They are on the road again this coming Saturday, as they will travel to Fayetteville to face the eighth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks (7-1, 3-1 SEC). The Hogs are coming off a 31-28 win at Vanderbilt.

The Gamecocks are scheduled to return to the Bluff Road practice fields Monday night at 7 p.m.

AP Top 25

RK TEAM RECORD PTS

1 LSU (47) 8-0 1439

2 Alabama (10) 8-0 1401

3 Oklahoma State 8-0 1305

4 Stanford 8-0 1278

5 Boise State (1) 7-0 1241

6 Oregon 7-1 1148

7 Oklahoma 7-1 1096

8 Arkansas 7-1 1035

9 Nebraska 7-1 976

10 South Carolina 7-1 861

11 Clemson 8-1 851

12 Virginia Tech 8-1 755

13 Michigan 7-1 718

14 Houston 8-0 611

15 Michigan State 6-2 586

16 Penn State 8-1 553

17 Kansas State 7-1 536

18 Georgia 6-2 446

19 Wisconsin 6-2 420

20 Arizona State 6-2 384

21 USC 6-2 323

22 Georgia Tech 7-2 230

23 Cincinnati 6-1 128

24 West Virginia 6-2 111

25 Auburn 6-3 107

USA Today Poll

RK TEAM RECORD PTS

1 LSU (41) 8-0 1457

2 Alabama (18) 8-0 1434

3 Stanford 8-0 1323

4 Oklahoma State 8-0 1314

5 Boise State 7-0 1237

6 Oregon 7-1 1175

7 Oklahoma 7-1 1117

8 Arkansas 7-1 1046

9 Nebraska 7-1 973

10 South Carolina 7-1 919

11 Virginia Tech 8-1 871

12 Clemson 8-1 779

13 Michigan 7-1 734

14 Houston 8-0 679

15 Penn State 8-1 646

16 Michigan State 6-2 528

17 Wisconsin 6-2 463

18 Arizona State 6-2 445

19 Kansas State 7-1 440

20 Georgia 6-2 410

21 West Virginia 6-2 270

22 Cincinnati 6-1 232

24 Southern Miss 7-1 160

25 Texas 5-2 122