2001 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

W-L

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  10

Florida (20)

SEC

10-3

1716

DNP

2

<  2

Miami (FL) (33)

Big East

11-1

1700

DNP

3

<  1

Oklahoma (10)

Big 12

13-0

1588

DNP

4

<  8

Nebraska (4)

Big 12

10-2

1525

DNP

5

<  12

Texas (5)

Big 12

9-3

1461

DNP

6

<  5

Florida State

ACC

11-2

1441

DNP

7

<  7

Oregon

Pac-10

10-2

1354

DNP

8

<  NR

Tennessee

SEC

8-4

1344

DNP

9

<  6

Virginia Tech

Big East

11-1

1169

DNP

10

<  17

Georgia Tech

ACC

9-3

1005

DNP

11

<  4

Oregon State

Pac-10

11-1

974

DNP

12

<  11

Michigan

Big Ten

9-3

919

DNP

13

<  9

Kansas State

Big 12

11-3

902

DNP

14

<  22

LSU

SEC

8-4

763

DNP

15

<  3

Washington

Pac-10

11-1

683

DNP

16

<  NR

Northwestern

Big Ten

8-4

667

DNP

17

<  NR

UCLA

Pac-10

6-6

639

DNP

18

<  15

Notre Dame

Ind

9-3

599

DNP

19

<  16

Clemson

ACC

9-3

569

DNP

20

<  24

Mississippi State

SEC

8-4

521

DNP

21

<  19

South Carolina

SEC

8-4

350

DNP

22

<  23

Wisconsin

Big Ten

9-4

237

DNP

23

<  NR

Ohio State

Big Ten

8-4

181

DNP

24

<  14

Colorado State

MWC

10-2

179

DNP

25

<  NR

Alabama

SEC

3-8

136

DNP

NR

<  18

Auburn

SEC

9-4

DNP

NR

<  20

Georgia

SEC

8-4

DNP

NR

<  25

Iowa State

Big 12

9-3

DNP

NR

<  13

Purdue

Big Ten

8-4

DNP

NR

<  21

TCU

C-USA

10-2

DNP

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Purdue 127, Colorado 105, Georgia 84, USC 74, East Carolina 65, Pittsburgh 62, Louisville 53, Michigan State 32, Texas A&M 28, Arkansas 22, Illinois 21, Marshall 12, Mississippi 12, UNLV 12, Southern Miss 10, Penn State 9, Auburn 8, Stanford 8, TCU 7, Fresno State 6, Iowa State 5, Kansas 5, NC State 3, Western Michigan 2, West Virginia 2, Arizona State 1, Indiana 1, Syracuse 1, Toledo 1

NOTES
- Hold the mouse cursor over the non-AP rankings to see the first place votes, total points, and previous rank in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips), where available
- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
- Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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