USA Today 2012 NCAA Football Rankings - Preseason

[CPR]

USA Today Poll

Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Final 2011 rank

1. LSU (18) 13-1 1,403 2

2. Alabama (20) 12-1 1,399 1

3. Southern California (19) 10-2 1,388 NR

4. Oklahoma 10-3 1,276 15

5. Oregon 12-2 1,258 4

6. Georgia 10-4 1,061 20

7. Florida State 9-4 1,055 23

8. Michigan 11-2 1,023 9

9. South Carolina 11-2 981 8

10. Arkansas 11-2 948 5

11. West Virginia 10-3 833 18

12. Wisconsin 11-3 743 11

13. Michigan State 11-3 717 10

14. Clemson 10-4 598 22

15. Texas 8-5 549 NR

16. Nebraska 9-4 501 24

17. TCU 11-2 499 13

18. Stanford 11-2 497 7

19. Oklahoma State 12-1 476 3

20. Virginia Tech 11-3 461 17

21. Kansas State 10-3 398 16

22. Boise State 12-1 271 6

23. Florida 7-6 250 NR

24. Notre Dame 8-5 166 NR

25. Auburn 8-5 66 NR

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Others receiving votes (with 2011 records)

Washington (7-6) 64; Louisville (7-6) 46; Georgia Tech (8-5) 35; Cincinnati (10-3) 32; Texas A&M (7-6) 28; Baylor (10-3) 23; Utah (8-5) 22; Mississippi State (7-6) 21; South Florida (5-7) 12; N.C. State (8-5) 11; BYU (10-3) 10; Louisiana Tech (8-5) 10; Virginia (8-5) 9; Houston (13-1) 7; Southern Mississippi (12-2) 6; Central Florida (5-7) 5; Rutgers (9-4) 5; Florida International (8-5) 3; Missouri (8-5) 3; Tennessee (5-7) 3; Northern Illinois (11-3) 2; Texas Tech (5-7) 1.

http://espn.go.com/c...otball/rankings

Edited August 2, 2012 by CPR

[E.T.]

Hand full of BE teams in the wings

[BullyPulpit]

Just an observation, but 8 of the 12 teams that will be playing football in the Big East next season are receiving votes in this year's preseason Top 25.

[Bull-by-Marriage]

I may be alone in this idea, but I just don't think that wvu is worthy of a 11 ranking.

[Mama_Bull]

34th is good, considering how we finished last year.

[Bull-by-Marriage]

34th is good, considering how we finished last year.

I agree, at least we are on the minds of some voters.

[ctbrown24]

I may be alone in this idea, but I just don't think that wvu is worthy of a 11 ranking.

Being in a real conference automatically makes them a better team this year.....

[bulls phanatic]

34th is pretty good to me

[Ghost]

Im ok with this. Interesting notes were FIU and UCF. I can see FIU because they gained some momentum last year and had some noticeable wins. However, I was confused about UCF being on there.

[Ghost]

Just an observation, but 8 of the 12 teams that will be playing football in the Big East next season are receiving votes in this year's preseason Top 25.

I only counted 7?

I may be alone in this idea, but I just don't think that wvu is worthy of a 11 ranking.

Why not?

Edited August 2, 2012 by Ghost