Texas Not Ranked in Preseason AP top 25

It has been 13 years since we last saw The University of Texas left out of the AP’s Preseason Top 25 College Football Poll but it happened again this year.Â Texas is ranked #26 in the AP poll andÂ received 114 votes – behind 25th ranked USC which received 160 votes.Â Complete list of rankings can be found below.

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Team	2010 Record	2011 Votes

1. Oklahoma (36)	12-2	1,464
2. Alabama (17)	10-3	1,439
3. Oregon (4)	12-1	1,330
4. LSU (1)	11-2	1,286
5. Boise St. (2)	12-1	1,200
6. Florida St.	10-4	1,168
7. Stanford	12-1	1,091
8. Texas A&M	9-4	965
9. Oklahoma St.	11-2	955
10. Nebraska	10-4	910
11. Wisconsin	11-2	900
12. South Carolina	9-5	848
13. Virginia Tech	11-3	821
14. TCU	13-0	690
15. Arkansas	10-3	686
16. Notre Dame	8-5	530
17. Michigan St.	11-2	519
18. Ohio St.	12-1	443
19. Georgia	6-7	369
20. Mississippi St.	9-4	361
21. Missouri	10-3	258
22. Florida	8-5	228
23. Auburn	14-0	219
24. West Virginia	9-4	207
25. Southern Cal	8-5	160

Other Schools Receiving Votes:

Texas 114, Penn St. 75, Arizona St. 67, Miami 32, Utah 25, Southern Mississippi 20, Iowa 19, BYU 15, NC State 15, Air Force 14, Houston 13, Pittsburgh 9, Michigan 7, Tennessee 5, UCF 5, Hawaii 4, N. Illinois 4, Tulsa 3, Arizona 2, Maryland 2, Nevada 1, Northwestern 1, Washington 1.