USA Today/Coaches College Football Pre-Season Rankings Released

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USA Today Coaches NCAA Football Preseason Rankings.

Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Final 2005 rank

1. Ohio State (28) 10-2 1,487 4
2. Texas (11) 13-0 1,378 1
3. (tie) Notre Dame (9) 9-3 1,348 11
3. (tie) Southern California (1) 12-1 1,348 2
5. Oklahoma (13) 8-4 1,320 22
6. Auburn (1) 9-3 1,206 14
7. West Virginia 11-1 1,202 6
8. Florida 9-3 1,054 16
9. LSU 11-2 1,037 5
10. Florida State 8-5 874 23
11. Miami (Fla.) 9-3 839 18
12. California 8-4 798 25
13. Louisville 9-3 785 20
14. Georgia 10-3 784 10
15. Michigan 7-5 778 NR
16. Virginia Tech 11-2 591 7
17. Iowa 7-5 519 NR
18. Clemson 8-4 493 21
19. Penn State 11-1 406 3
20. Oregon 10-2 373 12
21. TCU 11-1 270 9
22. Nebraska 8-4 261 24
23. Tennessee 5-6 216 NR
24. Alabama 10-2 210 8
25. Texas Tech 9-3 198 19


Others receiving votes

Arizona State (7-5) 182; Boston College (9-3) 87; Utah (7-5) 84; Arkansas (4-7) 64; South Carolina (7-5) 55; Boise State (9-4) 46; Wisconsin (10-3) 37; UCLA (10-2) 29; Georgia Tech (7-5) 28; Fresno State (8-5) 14; Tulsa (9-4) 11; Iowa State (7-5) 9; Minnesota (7-5) 9; Maryland (5-6) 8; Purdue (5-6) 7; Texas A&M (5-6) 6; Memphis (7-5) 5; Nevada (9-3) 3; Texas-El Paso (8-4) 3; Arizona (3- 2; Brigham Young (6-6) 2; Northern Illinois (7-5) 2; Northwestern (7-5) 2; Oregon State (5-6) 2; Rutgers (7-5) 2; Colorado (7-6) 1; Duke (1-10) 1.



We'll know 2 weeks in who should be on top between 1 and 2.

Crazy that ND and USC are tied for 3 and 4.

Wonder what OU would be ranked post-Bomar news (not 13 1st place votes for sure)

Personally I'm suprised that Texas is that high for an unproven QB. Of course, I could be bias


GO BUCKS!!!!

 

[Ika]

Whoo, OSU wins first-place votes by a landslide. Looks to me like it was undeserved, but...

 

[Thraxen]

Oh man... I can't wait for the college football season to begin. And I'll be pulling for Texas to beat OSU

 

[chuckywang]

Duke got 1 point!

Thanks, Spurrier!

 

[spidey07]

13. Louisville 9-3 785 20

C-A-R-D-S

CARDS!!!!!!

 

[krotchy]

Wow, Colorado only got 1 point. I figured us finally firing the idiot Barnett and getting a great coach in Dan Hawkins would at least result in 20-30 points.

 

[UTmtnbiker]

<------ Utah alum and big Utah fan

Utah at #28!

We'll see how Wittingham does 2 years removed from riding on Urban Meyer's coattails.

 

[NGC_604]

OH....IO

 

[Ausm]

That list sucks


Ausm

 

[rocadelpunk]

ye ye.

 

[Fingolfin269]

I couldn't care less I just want some damn football on my television! woot!

 

[jme5343]

I doubt Oklahoma will remain #5, losing Bomar and all. Go Mizzou!!!!

 

[EngenZerO]

LETS GO BUCKS!!!

time to order my alum tickets...

 

[amish]

GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!

 

[JS80]

do these ranks ever really hold up through the end?

 

[JohnCU]

YEAH BITCHES! GO TIGERS

 

[Whisper]

Both my teams (LSU and UGA) are in the top 20, so I'm happy. Now I've just gotta see how they both do...especially since they're playing each other over here in Baton Rouge this year. Yeehaw.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: JS80
do these ranks ever really hold up through the end?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Auburn didn't get a shot at the national championship two years ago because #1 and #2 stayed #1 and #2 all through the year while Auburn started out in the lower teens.

 

[wyvrn]

Go Irish. Last year for Quinn and company to win the championship.

I think OU will drop down to top 10, maybe top 15. They have Oline and QB issues to deal with.

Texas is ranked so high because they have unbelievable talent, so the QB can be brought along slowly this year.

 

[NeoV]

OSU alum

LOVE their offense

9 new starters on D - a lot to ask for a #1 team

Just like last year, the OSU-TEXAS game is pretty much the best non-conference game of the season

I couldn't be happier with OU's problems - their coach is an 4ss

 

[Feldenak]

See sig.

 

[tfinch2]

Man I can't wait until that OSU-UT game.

 

[Pollock]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
Oh man... I can't wait for the college football season to begin. And I'll be pulling for Texas to beat OSU

Definitely a good game last year, and I'll be looking forward to it again this year. Go Bucks!

 

[kalster]

USC FTW, being tied with ND sucks though, that will ofourse set itself right by the time we kick their @ss in L.A

 

[aswedc]

The championship race is wide open this year. Texas and USC have to reload at quarterback. Notre Dame? The same Irish team that got exposed by Ohio State last year and hasn't won a bowl game since 1993? And Ohio State has a killer schedule. Texas, Penn State, Iowa, Michigan...