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2009 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

W-L

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  1

 

Florida (58)

 

SEC

 

13-1

 

1498

 

1

 

DNP

2

  <  4

 

Texas (2)

 

Big 12

 

12-1

 

1424

 

2

 

DNP

3

  <  5

 

Oklahoma

 

Big 12

 

12-2

 

1370

 

3

 

DNP

4

  <  3

 

USC

 

Pac-10

 

12-1

 

1313

 

4

 

DNP

5

  <  6

 

Alabama

 

SEC

 

12-2

 

1156

 

5

 

DNP

6

  <  9

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

10-3

 

1113

 

6

 

DNP

7

  <  15

 

Virginia Tech

 

ACC

 

10-4

 

1054

 

7

 

DNP

8

  <  14

 

Mississippi

 

SEC

 

9-4

 

1047

 

10

 

DNP

9

  <  16

 

Oklahoma State

 

Big 12

 

9-4

 

989

 

11

 

DNP

9

  <  8

 

Penn State

 

Big Ten

 

11-2

 

989

 

8

 

DNP

11

  <  NR

 

LSU

 

SEC

 

8-5

 

914

 

9

 

DNP

12

  <  NR

 

California

 

Pac-10

 

9-4

 

746

 

12

 

DNP

13

  <  13

 

Georgia

 

SEC

 

10-3

 

714

 

13

 

DNP

14

  <  11

 

Boise State

 

WAC

 

12-1

 

659

 

16

 

DNP

15

  <  22

 

Georgia Tech

 

ACC

 

9-4

 

593

 

15

 

DNP

16

  <  10

 

Oregon

 

Pac-10

 

10-3

 

587

 

14

 

DNP

17

  <  7

 

TCU

 

MWC

 

11-2

 

521

 

17

 

DNP

18

  <  21

 

Florida State

 

ACC

 

9-4

 

307

 

19

 

DNP

19

  <  2

 

Utah

 

MWC

 

13-0

 

289

 

18

 

DNP

20

  <  25

 

BYU

 

MWC

 

10-3

 

267

 

24

 

DNP

21

  <  NR

 

North Carolina

 

ACC

 

8-5

 

261

 

20

 

DNP

22

  <  20

 

Iowa

 

Big Ten

 

9-4

 

229

 

21

 

DNP

23

  <  NR

 

Notre Dame

 

Ind

 

7-6

 

225

 

23

 

DNP

24

  <  NR

 

Nebraska

 

Big 12

 

9-4

 

207

 

22

 

DNP

25

  <  NR

 

Kansas

 

Big 12

 

8-5

 

134

 

NR

 

DNP

NR

  <  17

 

Cincinnati

 

Big East

 

11-3

 

 

NR

 

DNP

NR

  <  24

 

Michigan State

 

Big Ten

 

9-4

 

 

NR

 

DNP

NR

  <  19

 

Missouri

 

Big 12

 

10-4

 

 

NR

 

DNP

NR

  <  18

 

Oregon State

 

Pac-10

 

9-4

 

 

25

 

DNP

NR

  <  12

 

Texas Tech

 

Big 12

 

11-2

 

 

NR

 

DNP

NR

  <  23

 

West Virginia

 

Big East

 

9-4

 

 

NR

 

DNP

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Oregon State 122, Illinois 105, Pittsburgh 103, Michigan State 100, Rutgers 83, Texas Tech 76, West Virginia 57, Cincinnati 44, Clemson 42, Miami (FL) 40, East Carolina 30, Tennessee 15, Arizona 13, NC State 10, Boston College 9, Central Michigan 7, Auburn 7, UCLA 7, Northwestern 5, South Florida 3, Southern Miss 3, Vanderbilt 3, Missouri 3, South Carolina 2, Nevada 1, Arkansas 1, Houston 1, Troy 1, Tulsa 1

MILESTONES
- Virginia Tech makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the final 2007 poll (17 polls).
- Mississippi makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 11/23/1970 poll (616 polls).
- Notre Dame makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2006 poll (33 polls).
- Nebraska makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/30/2007 poll (27 polls).
- Oklahoma's preseason streak reaches 10.
- Florida's season streak reaches 30.
- LSU's season streak reaches 10.
- TCU's weekly Top 25 streak reach 10.
- Missouri's weekly Top 25 streak ends at 30.

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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