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Is the Southeastern Conference (SEC) the most dominant conference in college football?
It sure is if preseason polls are any indication.
The SEC has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today Preseason Coaches' Poll, released Thursday.
USA Today Coaches' Poll | ||||||||
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | LAST | ||||
| 1 | LSU (18) | 0-0 | 1403 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Alabama (20) | 0-0 | 1399 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | USC (19) | 0-0 | 1388 | NR | ||||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 0-0 | 1276 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Oregon | 0-0 | 1258 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Georgia | 0-0 | 1061 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | Florida State | 0-0 | 1055 | 23 | ||||
| 8 | Michigan | 0-0 | 1023 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | South Carolina | 0-0 | 981 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Arkansas | 0-0 | 948 | 5 | ||||
| 11 | West Virginia | 0-0 | 833 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 743 | 11 | ||||
| 13 | Michigan State | 0-0 | 717 | 10 | ||||
| 14 | Clemson | 0-0 | 598 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Texas | 0-0 | 549 | NR | ||||
| 16 | Nebraska | 0-0 | 501 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | TCU | 0-0 | 499 | 13 | ||||
| 18 | Stanford | 0-0 | 497 | 7 | ||||
| 19 | Oklahoma State | 0-0 | 476 | 3 | ||||
| 20 | Virginia Tech | 0-0 | 461 | 17 | ||||
| 21 | Kansas State | 0-0 | 398 | 16 | ||||
| 22 | Boise State | 0-0 | 271 | 6 | ||||
| 23 | Florida | 0-0 | 250 | NR | ||||
| 24 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 166 | NR | ||||
| 25 | Auburn | 0-0 | 66 | NR | ||||
Washington 64, Louisville 46, Georgia Tech 35, Cincinnati 32, Texas A&M 28, Baylor 23, Utah 22, Mississippi State 21, South Florida 12, NC State 11, Louisiana Tech 10, Brigham Young 10, Virginia 9, Houston 7, Southern Miss 6, Rutgers 5, UCF 5, Tennessee 3, Missouri 3, Florida International 3, Northern Illinois 2, Texas Tech 1
LSU and Alabama rank No. 1 and No. 2, while Georgia (No. 6), South Carolina (No. 9) and Arkansas (No. 10) are also highly ranked, as the coaches around the county that vote in the poll show respect for the conference that has won six straight BCS titles.
Pac-12 favorite USC received 19 first place votes and is ranked No. 3. Conference foes Oregon (No. 5) and Stanford (No. 18) are also in the top 25.
Both BYU and Utah are among teams to have received votes but not included in the poll. If you translate the number of votes each school got, Utah would be ranked No. 32, while BYU would be ranked No. 37.
According to the preseason poll, Utah will face one top 25 team (USC, Thursday Oct. 4).
BYU will face two teams in the top 25, with road trips to Boise (Boise State, No. 22) and South Bend (Notre Dame, No. 24).
