NCAA Football Pre-Season Rankings - AP and USA Today Polls
The NCAA Football pre-season rankings are out and USC's Trojans are on top of both the AP and USA Today polls. It's the third time in 4 years they have been ranked #1 in the AP poll.
"It's exactly where we hope and expect to be," coach Pete Carroll said.
"It's a symbol of what we're all about."
The Trojans have gone 59-6 since 2002, with two national championships and have been No. 1 on the list 82 times. Only three other schools have been on there more (Notre Dame - 95, Okalahoma - 95, and THE Ohio State -88).
They fully expect to win it all again this year.
"That's what we're here for. We're here to do it better than
anybody has ever done it before," Carroll said. "That's the
single thought. That's what drives us. If that's the case, you want
to be No. 1 forever."
For the Big Ten, The Wisconsin Badgers are 7th on both lists, with Michigan 5th, Ohio State 10th on the AP and 11th on the USA Today list, Penn State 17th and 18th respectively.
How did your favorites fare?
| AP Top 25 |
| 1. USC (62) 0-0 1,622 |
| 2. LSU (2) 0-0 1,511 |
| 3. West Virginia (1) 0-0 1,396 |
| 4. Texas 0-0 1,375 |
| 5. Michigan 0-0 1,371 |
| 6. Florida 0-0 1,276 |
| 7. Wisconsin 0-0 1,192 |
| 8. Oklahoma 0-0 1,166 |
| 9. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,148 |
| 10. Louisville 0-0 1,031 |
| 11. Ohio State 0-0 876 |
| 12. California 0-0 790 |
| 13. Georgia 0-0 782 |
| 14. UCLA 0-0 605 |
| 15. Tennessee 0-0 571 |
| 16. Rutgers 0-0 560 |
| 17. Penn State 0-0 542 |
| 18. Auburn 0-0 519 |
| 19. Florida State 0-0 392 |
| 20. Nebraska 0-0 377 |
| 21. Arkansas 0-0 376 |
| 22. TCU 0-0 283 |
| 23. Hawaii 0-0 256 |
| 24. Boise State 0-0 187 |
| 25. Texas A&M 0-0 162 |
Others Recieving Votes Missouri
128, Georgia Tech 94, Boston College 75, Oregon 73, South Carolina 69,
Miami (FL) 68, Alabama 66, Oregon State 42, Wake Forest 40, South
Florida 28, Arizona State 17, Brigham Young 14, Southern Miss 12, Notre
Dame 11, Virginia 7, Clemson 6, Oklahoma State 3, Texas Tech 2, Purdue
1, Houston 1, Kentucky 1, North Carolina State 1. |
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| USA Today Poll |
| 1. USC (45) 0-0 1,481 |
| 2. LSU (4) 0-0 1,372 |
| 3. Florida (9) 0-0 1,278 |
| 4. Texas 0-0 1,231 |
| 5. Michigan (2) 0-0 1,218 |
| 6. West Virginia 0-0 1,205 |
| 7. Wisconsin 0-0 1,114 |
| 8. Oklahoma 0-0 1,026 |
| 9. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,005 |
| 10. Ohio State 0-0 919 |
| 11. Louisville 0-0 836 |
| 12. California 0-0 763 |
| 13. Georgia 0-0 604 |
| 14. Auburn 0-0 595 |
| 15. Tennessee 0-0 583 |
| 16. Rutgers 0-0 466 |
| 17. UCLA 0-0 454 |
| 18. Penn State 0-0 440 |
| 19. Nebraska 0-0 388 |
| 20. Arkansas 0-0 360 |
| 21. Florida State 0-0 301 |
| 22. TCU 0-0 233 |
| 23. Boise State 0-0 222 |
| 24. Hawaii 0-0 214 |
| 25. Texas A&M 0-0 209 |
Others Recieving Votes Boston
College 150, Georgia Tech 150, Miami (FL) 91, Notre Dame 90, South
Carolina 90, Wake Forest 71, Missouri 58, Oregon State 52, Brigham
Young 47, Clemson 30, Oregon 30, South Florida 26, Texas Tech 20,
Alabama 16, Oklahoma State 15, Southern Miss 14, Iowa 12, Kansas State
8, Memphis 5, Houston 4, Arizona 1, Duke 1, Kentucky 1, Washington
State 1. |
Listings courtesy ESPN.com