Notre Dame comes in at 17 in the preseason poll--which seems about right. What are the surprises? Disappointments? Overall thoughts?
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | FIRST PLACE VOTES | PREVIOUS RANK |
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1 | Florida State Seminoles | 14-0 | 1543 | 56 | NR |
2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 11-2 | 1455 | NR | |
3 | Oklahoma Sooners | 11-2 | 1382 | 3 | NR |
4 | Oregon Ducks | 11-2 | 1314 | 1 | NR |
5 | Auburn Tigers | 12-2 | 1271 | NR | |
6 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 12-2 | 1267 | 1 | NR |
7 | UCLA Bruins | 10-3 | 1085 | NR | |
8 | Michigan State Spartans | 13-1 | 1050 | NR | |
9 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 11-2 | 1009 | 1 | NR |
10 | Baylor Bears | 11-2 | 965 | NR | |
11 | Stanford Cardinal | 11-3 | 955 | NR | |
12 | Georgia Bulldogs | 8-5 | 905 | NR | |
13 | LSU Tigers | 10-3 | 833 | NR | |
14 | Wisconsin Badgers | 9-4 | 654 | NR | |
15 | USC Trojans | 10-4 | 627 | NR | |
16 | Clemson Tigers | 11-2 | 535 | NR | |
17 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 9-4 | 509 | NR | |
18 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 10-4 | 358 | NR | |
19 | Mississippi Rebels | 8-5 | 346 | NR | |
20 | Texas A&M Aggies | 9-4 | 266 | NR | |
21 | Kansas State Wildcats | 8-5 | 257 | NR | |
22 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 9-4 | 228 | NR | |
23 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 7-6 | 175 | NR | |
24 | Texas Longhorns | 8-5 | 143 | NR | |
25 | Washington Huskies | 9-4 | 142 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Missouri 126; Florida 122; Central Florida 102; Mississippi State 74; Oklahoma State 56; TCU 54; Michigan 53; Iowa 49; Miami (Fla.) 45; Duke 41; Louisville 32; Marshall 27; Brigham Young 18; Boise State 13; Louisiana-Lafayette 12; Virginia Tech 12; Texas Tech 8; Minnesota 6; Cincinnati 6; Northwestern 5; Oregon State 4; Fresno State 4; GeorgiaTech 2; Houston 2; Arkansas 1; Arizona 1; Northern Illinois 1. |