ESPN News
Summer, 2011
Well we get ready for another college football season that kicks off this weekend and the first polls are out. Let's take a look at it.
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The College Years
2011 Preseason Overall Rankings
School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 1.00 1.00 0.00 1.24 3.24 1
Penn State 0-0 B10 2.00 2.00 0.00 0.72 4.72 2
Florida 0-0 SEC 3.00 3.00 0.00 2.04 8.04 3
Nebraska 0-0 B12 4.00 4.00 0.00 1.04 9.04 4
Michigan 0-0 B10 5.00 5.00 0.00 0.52 10.52 5
Texas 0-0 B12 6.00 6.00 0.00 1.20 13.20 6
California-Los Angeles 0-0 P10 7.00 11.50 0.00 1.92 20.42 7
Syracuse 0-0 BGE 8.00 11.50 0.00 1.48 20.98 8
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 9.00 8.00 0.00 4.56 21.56 9
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 13.00 10.50 0.00 1.12 24.62 10
Iowa 0-0 B10 10.00 17.00 0.00 0.48 27.48 11
Georgia 0-0 SEC 14.00 11.50 0.00 2.08 27.58 12
Virginia 0-0 ACC 16.00 13.00 0.00 0.32 29.32 13
California 0-0 P10 12.00 16.00 0.00 1.72 29.72 14
Pittsburgh 0-0 BGE 11.00 21.00 0.00 1.40 33.40 15
West Virginia 0-0 BGE 18.00 15.00 0.00 1.60 34.60 16
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 17.00 15.50 0.00 3.32 35.82 17
**Southern California 0-0 P10 19.00 16.00 0.00 1.88 36.88 18
North Carolina State 0-0 ACC 21.00 16.00 0.00 0.28 37.28 19
South Florida 0-0 USA 15.00 25.50 0.00 4.60 45.10 20
Louisville 0-0 USA 20.00 24.00 0.00 3.04 47.04 21
South Carolina 0-0 SEC 22.00 24.50 0.00 2.16 48.66 22
Alabama 0-0 SEC 23.00 24.00 0.00 2.28 49.28 23
Florida State 0-0 ACC 27.00 23.00 0.00 0.12 50.12 24
Marshall 0-0 MAC 25.00 21.50 0.00 3.80 50.30 25
The Aggies of Texas A&M are coming off back to back National Championships and everyone's wondering if they can pull off the unprecedented trifecta by winning it all again this year.
One team to keep an eye on is Southern Cal, which added big play WR Willie Davison. The Trojans, ostensibly a run oriented team, had a very good season last year and have Donnell "Big Money" Cash returning as their Tailback. The big question, as always for the Trojans, is which color uniform will Everett McDaniel throw the ball to.
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LA Times
Summer, 2011
College gridiron kicks off this weekend and it does LA and all of southern California proud to see it's two teams ranked in the Top 25. The UCLA Bruins are ranked #7 and have a legitimate shot at the National Championship this season. The USC Trojans, easily the surprise team of 2010, enter the season with a preseason ranking of #18. The loss of some key seniors to graduation and the loss of star WR Wally Hopper to academic ineligibility will assuredly hurt Southern Cal's fortunes this year. But Coach bear Growlz has surpised us here at the Times more times than we care to remember, and with the defenses Defensive Coordinator Bucky Riley throws at opponents, combined with the innovative flexbone offense of Offensive Coordinator Korey Butler, we wouldn't be surprised to see even more surprised from the men of troy.
And that'll make for one fun football season.
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