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1973 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	1	USC (55)	Pac-8	0-0	1238	DNP
2	<	9	Ohio State (2)	Big Ten	0-0	896	DNP
3	<	3	Texas (1)	Southwest	0-0	785	DNP
4	<	4	Nebraska (2)	Big 8	0-0	769	DNP
5	<	6	Michigan (2)	Big Ten	0-0	712	DNP
6	<	7	Alabama	SEC	0-0	673	DNP
7	<	10	Penn State (1)	Ind	0-0	558	DNP
8	<	14	Notre Dame	Ind	0-0	534	DNP
9	<	8	Tennessee	SEC	0-0	449	DNP
10	<	15	UCLA	Pac-8	0-0	427	DNP
11	<	2	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0	265	DNP
11	<	16	Colorado	Big 8	0-0	265	DNP
13	<	5	Auburn	SEC	0-0	224	DNP
14	<	13	Arizona State	WAC	0-0	220	DNP
15	<	NR	Florida	SEC	0-0	102	DNP
16	<	11	LSU	SEC	0-0	89	DNP
17	<	17	NC State	ACC	0-0	62	DNP
18	<	NR	Houston	Ind	0-0	54	DNP
19	<	12	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	40	DNP
20	<	NR	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-0	23	DNP
NR	<	18	Louisville	MVC	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	19	Washington State	Pac-8	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	20	Georgia Tech	Ind	0-0	0	DNP

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	5	11.8	1537
Big 8	3	8.7	1299
Ind	3	11.0	1146
Big Ten	2	3.5	1608
Pac-8	2	5.5	1665
Southwest	2	11.5	808
ACC	2	18.0	102
WAC	1	14.0	220

* = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.