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Sooners No. 10 in Preseason AP Poll

Sooners No. 10 in Preseason AP Poll

August 18, 2006 | Football

By: Athletics Communications

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma begins the 2006 season ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press poll released on Friday.
 
The Sooners received 960 votes. Ohio State is No. 1 with Notre Dame, Texas, Auburn and West Virginia in the top five.
 
USC, Florida, LSU, California and OU rounded out the top 10.
 
OU was one of four Big 12 Conference teams in the top 25. Nebraska checked in at No. 20 with Texas Tech at No. 25. Texas A&M received votes.
 
Oklahoma's third game of the season will be at No. 21 Oregon.

 AP Poll (First Place Votes)  Points
 1. Ohio State (35)  1,558
 2. Notre Dame (10)  1,470
 3. Texas (8)  1,411
 4. Auburn (3)  1,395
 5. West Virginia (6)  1,354
 6. USC (3)  1,345
 7. Florida  1,178
 8. LSU  1,144
 9. California  975
 10. Oklahoma  960
 11. Florida State  949
 12. Miami (Fla.)  893
 13. Louisville  844
 14. Michigan  824
 15. Georgia  743
 16. Iowa  720
 17. Virginia Tech  614
 18. Clemson  479
 19. Penn State  386
 20. Nebraska  332
 21. Oregon  324
 22. TCU  257
 23. Tennessee  215
 24. Arizona State  182
 25. Texas Tech  181

Also Receiving Votes
Alabama 141, Utah 52, Boston College 41, Georgia Tech 39, Boise State 23, Arkansas 18, Wisconsin 18, South Carolina 15, Tulsa 11, Texas A&M 10, UTEP 4, Brigham Young 4, Purdue 4, Iowa State 3, Northern Illinois 3, Ole Miss 3, Michigan State 2, Arizona 1.

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