First College Football AP Poll Released

Nov 26, 2011; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Southern California Trojans quarterback Matt Barkley (7) takes the snap from center Khaled Holmes (78) against the UCLA Bruins at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. USC defeated UCLA 50-0. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

With college football only two weeks away and the full return of football into our living rooms nearing closer and closer, the USC Trojans earned the top spot in the preseason college football poll for the seventh time and the first time in five seasons. They beat out the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide and #3 LSU Tigers for the top spot. The Trojans are the favorites to win the PAC-12 and make it to this year’s national title game in Miami Gardens, FL at Sun Life Stadium.

Here’s the entire poll:

RANK	TEAM	2011 RECORD	POINTS	PV
1	Southern Cal (25)	10-2	1,445	6
2	Alabama (17)	12-1	1,411	1
3	LSU (16)	13-1	1,402	2
4	Oklahoma (1)	10-3	1,286	16
5	Oregon	12-2	1,274	4
6	Georgia	10-4	1,107	19
7	Florida St.	9-4	1,093	23
8	Michigan (1)	11-2	1,000	12
9	South Carolina	11-2	994	9
10	Arkansas	11-2	963	5
11	West Virginia	10-3	856	17
12	Wisconsin	11-3	838	10
13	Michigan St.	11-3	742	11
14	Clemson	10-4	615	22
15	Texas	8-5	569	NR
16	Virginia Tech	11-3	548	21
17	Nebraska	9-4	485	24
18	Ohio St.	6-7	474	NR
19	Oklahoma St.	12-1	430	3
20	TCU	11-2	397	14
21	Stanford	11-2	383	7
22	Kansas St.	10-3	300	15
23	Florida	7-6	214	NR
24	Boise St.	12-1	212	8
25	Louisville	7-6	105	NR

Others Teams who Received Votes: Notre Dame 83, Washington 55, Auburn 53, North Carolina 32, Utah 30, Georgia Tech 25, BYU 22, Tennessee 15, South Florida 11, Baylor 9, Texas A&M 5, UCF 4, Cincinnati 3, Missouri 3, N.C. State 3, Houston 1, Louisiana Tech 1, Mississippi St. 1, N. Illinois 1.

Some other notes and tidbits:

AP Top 25 poll by conference: SEC & Big 12 6 teams each, Big 10 (5), ACC (3), Pac-12 (3), Big East (1), MWC (1)

The SEC has five of top 10 teams and six in the entire AP preseason Top 25

Its also the fifth straight year that the SEC has had two teams in the AP preseason top five

In the last 10 years, 10 teams in the preseason Top 10 finished the season unranked

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