Oklahoma No. 7 in Preseason AP Poll

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma is ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press college football preseason poll released Saturday. The Sooners are one point behind No. 6 Ohio State in the voting, 1,205-1,204.

Oklahoma is one of four Big 12 Conference teams ranked by the AP. Texas is No. 2 with 1,500 points, Texas A&M checks in at No. 17 (576 points) and Texas Tech is listed at No. 21 with 256 points. Colorado and Nebraska are listed as receiving votes.

OU has a distinguished history in the media poll. The Sooners are tied with Notre Dame for most weeks ranked No. 1 by the Associated Press. The Sooners have been No. 1 for 95 weeks, as have the Irish, out of 922 weeks of AP polls. The AP first released a college football poll in 1936.

Oklahoma also holds the honor of being ranked in the top 5 of more AP polls than any other program in college football. The Sooners have spent 342 weeks in the top 5, ahead of No. 2 Nebraska (294 weeks) and No. 3 Notre Dame (272 weeks).

Preseason AP Poll	Points
1. Southern Cal (60)	1,619
2. Texas (4)	1,500
3. Tennessee	1,376
4. Michigan	1,329
5. LSU	1,291
6. Ohio State	1,205
7. Oklahoma	1,204
8. Virginia Tech	1,184
9. Miami	1,142
10. Florida	1,080
11. Iowa	1,011
12. Louisville	892
13. Georgia	869
14. Florida State	764
15. Purdue	711
16. Auburn	650
17. Texas A&M	576
18. Boise State	375
19. California	358
20. Arizona State	313
21. Texas Tech	256
22. Boston College	232
23. Pittsburgh	211
24. Fresno State	196
25. Virginia	153

Others Receiving Votes:
Alabama 121, Oregon 97, Utah 77, Georgia Tech 62, Bowling Green 57, N.C. State 57, Colorado 38, UCLA 19, Iowa St. 18, Minnesota 18, Miami (Ohio) 15, Penn St. 11, UTEP 10, Oregon St. 8, Wisconsin 5, Clemson 3, Memphis 3, Nebraska 3, Colorado St. 1, Notre Dame 1, Southern Miss. 1, Toledo 1, West Virginia 1, Wyoming 1.

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The Oklahoma Sooners will begin the season ranked No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll previously released:

Preseason Coaches' Poll	Points
1. Southern Cal (60)	1,547
2. Texas (2)	1,405
3. Tennessee	1,259
4. Michigan	1,242
5. Oklahoma	1,223
6. Louisiana State	1,109
7. Virginia Tech	1,090
8. Miami (Fla.)	1,080
9. Ohio State	1,033
10. Iowa	1,014
11. Florida	910
12. Florida State	879
13. Georgia	838
14. Louisville	758
15. Auburn	723
16. Purdue	616
17. Texas A&M	366
18. Arizona State	304
19. Boise State	303
20. California	293
21. Texas Tech	247
22. Boston College	237
23. Virginia	210
24. Alabama	194
25. Pittsburgh	193

Others receiving votes:
Fresno State (9-3) 188; Oregon (5-6) 145; Utah (12-0) 103; Georgia Tech (7-5) 88; Wisconsin (9-3) 79; North Carolina State (5-6) 69; Bowling Green (9-3) 63; Penn State (4-7) 44; Colorado (8-5) 40; Minnesota (7-5) 34; UCLA (6-6) 24; Texas-El Paso (8-4) 22; Nebraska (5-6) 21; Kansas State (4-7) 20; South Carolina (6-5) 16; Notre Dame (6-6) 13; West Virginia (8-4) 12; Wyoming (7-5) 12; Clemson (6-5) 9; New Mexico (7-5) 9; Arizona (3-8) 8; Northern Illinois (9-3) 8; Southern Mississippi (7-5) 7; Toledo (9-4) 7; Washington State (5-6) 7; Iowa State (7-5) 6; Michigan State (5-7) 6; Memphis (8-4) 5; Washington (1-10) 4; Miami (Ohio) (8-5) 3; Maryland (5-6) 2; UAB (7-5) 1; Duke (2-9) 1; Kansas (4-7) 1.

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