Preseason Coaches Poll Out!

The preseason Coaches Poll is out today and there isn't much surprise at the top. The USC Trojans check in at number one and the LSU Tigers are following them up at #2. There are however; a few surprises! First, the Duke Blue Devils , winners of 9 of their past 81 games and 1 of their past 25 conference games Duke managed to receive 1 vote. My guess is Steve Spurrier voted for them, he did after all, coach Duke to the ACC title in 1989 before bolting for greener pastures at the swamp.
Another surprise, Arizona , the Wildcats, U of A has gone 28-52 this century and has not made a bowl game since 1998. Mike Stoops has gone 12-22 as head coach and managed to get a vote, my guess, Big Brother Bob, at Oklahoma hooked him up.
And perhaps the biggest surprise of them all, Notre Dame is not in the preseason top 25. Stop the press, could it be, no Irish in the Top 25. Now I'm going to have to rethink my most overrated teams for the preseason. That's a whole other post, coming soon,the most overrated and underrated teams of 2007! Here's the complete Coaches Poll Top 25! Enjoy!

Here is the complete list including others receiving votes:

Rank Team (first-place votes) 2006 Record Points Final 2006 rank
1. Southern California (45) 11-2 1,481 4
2. LSU (4) 11-2 1,372 3
3. Florida (9) 13-1 1,278 1
4. Texas 10-3 1,231 13
5. Michigan (2) 11-2 1,218 9
6. West Virginia 11-2 1,205 10
7. Wisconsin 12-1 1,114 5
8. Oklahoma 11-3 1,026 11
9. Virginia Tech 10-3 1,005 18
10. Ohio State 12-1 919 2
11. Louisville 12-1 836 7
12. California 10-3 763 14
13. Georgia 9-4 604 NR
14. Auburn 11-2 595 8
15. Tennessee 9-4 583 23
16. Rutgers 11-2 466 12
17. UCLA 7-6 454 NR
18. Penn State 9-4 440 25
19. Nebraska 9-5 388 NR
20. Arkansas 10-4 360 16
21. Florida State 7-6 301 NR
22. TCU 11-2 233 21
23. Boise State 13-0 222 6
24. Hawaii 11-3 214 24
25. Texas A&M 9-4 209 NR



Others receiving votes (with 2006 records)

Boston College (10-3) 150; Georgia Tech (9-5) 150; Miami (Fla.) (7-6) 91; Notre Dame (10-3) 90; South Carolina (8-5) 90; Wake Forest (11-3) 71; Missouri (8-5) 58; Oregon State (10-4) 52; Brigham Young (11-2) 47; Clemson (8-5) 30; Oregon (7-6) 30; South Florida (9-4) 26; Texas Tech (8-5) 20; Alabama (6-7) 16; Oklahoma State (7-6) 15; Southern Mississippi (9-5) 14; Iowa (6-7) 12; Kansas State (7-6) 8; Memphis (2-10) 5; Houston (10-4) 4; Arizona (6-6) 1; Duke (0-12) 1; Kentucky (8-5) 1; Washington State (6-6) 1.