2005 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

W-L

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  1

USC (60)

Pac-10

13-0

1619

DNP

2

<  5

Texas (4)

Big 12

11-1

1500

DNP

3

<  13

Tennessee

SEC

10-3

1376

DNP

4

<  14

Michigan

Big Ten

9-3

1329

DNP

5

<  16

LSU

SEC

9-3

1291

DNP

6

<  20

Ohio State

Big Ten

8-4

1205

DNP

7

<  3

Oklahoma

Big 12

12-1

1204

DNP

8

<  10

Virginia Tech

ACC

10-3

1184

DNP

9

<  11

Miami (FL)

ACC

9-3

1142

DNP

10

<  NR

Florida

SEC

7-5

1080

DNP

11

<  8

Iowa

Big Ten

10-2

1011

DNP

12

<  6

Louisville (1)

Big East

11-1

892

DNP

13

<  7

Georgia

SEC

10-2

869

DNP

14

<  15

Florida State

ACC

9-3

764

DNP

15

<  NR

Purdue

Big Ten

7-5

711

DNP

16

<  2

Auburn

SEC

13-0

650

DNP

17

<  NR

Texas A&M

Big 12

7-5

576

DNP

18

<  12

Boise State

WAC

11-1

375

DNP

19

<  9

California

Pac-10

10-2

358

DNP

20

<  19

Arizona State

Pac-10

9-3

313

DNP

21

<  18

Texas Tech

Big 12

8-4

256

DNP

22

<  21

Boston College

ACC

9-3

232

DNP

23

<  25

Pittsburgh

Big East

8-4

211

DNP

24

<  22

Fresno State

WAC

9-3

196

DNP

25

<  23

Virginia

ACC

8-4

153

DNP

NR

<  24

Navy (MD)

Ind

10-2

DNP

NR

<  4

Utah

MWC

12-0

DNP

NR

<  17

Wisconsin

Big Ten

9-3

DNP

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Alabama 121, Oregon 97, Utah 77, Georgia Tech 62, Bowling Green 57, NC State 57, Colorado 38, UCLA 19, Minnesota 18, Iowa State 18, Miami (OH) 15, Penn State 11, UTEP 10, Oregon State 8, Wisconsin 5, Nebraska 3, Memphis 3, Clemson 3, Colorado State 1, Notre Dame 1, Southern Miss 1, Toledo 1, Wyoming 1, West Virginia 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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