We prove three main results: all Langlands-Shahidi automorphic L-functions over function fields are rational; after twists by highly ramified characters our automorphic L-functions become polynomials; and, if π is a globally generic cuspidal automorphic representation of a split classical group or a unitary group Gn and τ a cuspidal (unitary) automorphic representation of a general linear group, then L(s, π × τ ) is holomorphic for ℜ(s) > 1 and has at most a simple pole at s = 1. We also prove the holomorphy and non-vanishing of automorphic exterior square, symmetric square and Asai Lfunctions for ℜ(s) > 1. Finally, we complete previous results on functoriality for the classical groups over function fields.2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 11F70, 22E50, 22E55.