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College Top 16 Preseason FWAA Vote – Frank Coyle
Aug 24th
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1. Georgia
2. USC
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida
5. West Virginia
6. Missouri
7. Ohio St
8. LSU
9. Texas
10. Oregon
11. Illinois
12. Clemson
13. Virginia Tech
14. Kansas
15. Auburn
16. BYU
USC TOPS FWAA'S PRESEASON POLL
The USC Trojans are the top-ranked team in the Football Writers Association of America's preseason Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll. The Trojans nipped second-ranked Georgia, although both schools picked up five first-place votes. It's the fourth time in five years USC has been picked No. 1 by the FWAA in the preseason.
GRANTLAND RICE SUPER 16 POLL (PRESEASON)
Rank School [1st] Conference W-L Pts Opening Game
1. USC [5] Pacific-10 11-2 232 at Virginia
2. Georgia [5] SEC 11-2 229 Georgia Southern
3. Ohio State [4] Big Ten 11-2 219 vs. Youngstown State
4. Oklahoma Big 12 11-3 204 Chattanooga
5. Florida [1] SEC 9-4 197 Hawaii
6. Missouri Big 12 12-2 164 vs. Illinois (St. Louis)
7. West Virginia Big East 11-2 138 vs. Villanova
8. LSU SEC 12-2 130 vs. Appalachian State
9. Auburn [1] SEC 9-4 116 Louisiana-Monroe
10. Clemson ACC 9-4 109 vs. Alabama (Atlanta)
11. Texas Big 12 10-3 70 vs. Florida Atlantic
12. Wisconsin Big Ten 9-4 52 vs. Akron
13. Kansas Big 12 12-1 51 vs. Florida International
14. Texas Tech Big 12 9-4 50 vs. Eastern Washington
15. Illinois Big Ten 9-4 29 vs. Missouri (St. Louis)
t16. Arizona State Pac-10 10-3 28 vs. Northern Arizona
t16. BYU Mountain West 11-2 28 vs. Northern Iowa
Frank Coyle is a longtime Member of the FWAA and voter in College team and player awards - Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Thorpe, etc. He is a voter for the Super 16 College Team Polls throughout the season that will present Grantland Rice award to the national champion in January ’09. He is also a voter for All-American teams at the conclusion of each season.