LSU receives top honor despite having fewer first-place votes than Tide, Trojans
LSU, Alabama and USC lead the preseason coaches poll.
If the coaches have it right, the LSU Tigerswill reign supreme this college football season, by a narrow margin.
LSU received 18 first place votes in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll to squeeze by one of the tightest preseason coaches polls at the top in recent memory. LSU edged No. 2 Alabama by a total of four points despite the defending BCS champion Crimson Tide receiving 20 first-place votes. No. 3 USC also received more first-place votes (19) from the coaches but trail LSU in the total points by just 15 points.
With LSU, Alabama and USC all so close in the national title contention according to theUSA Today Coaches Poll, it would seem as though we are setting up for a year in which the USC Trojans bounce right back in to the big picture in college football and will look to put an end to the SEC’s string of BCS Championship success. Oklahoma ...
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PLAYERS:
Silas Redd,
Matt Barkley,
Robert Woods,
Marqise Lee,
Landry Jones,
Bob Stoops,
Brady Hoke,
Denard Robinson,
Steve Spurrier,
Montee Ball,
Rex Burkhead,
Andrew Luck,
Charlie Weis
TEAMS: LSU Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide, USC Trojans, Florida State Seminoles, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Kansas State Wildcats, Michigan State Spartans, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Oklahoma Sooners, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Michigan Wolverines, South Carolina Gamecocks, Wisconsin Badgers, Boise State Broncos, Stanford Cardinal, Virginia Tech Hokies
TEAMS: LSU Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide, USC Trojans, Florida State Seminoles, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Kansas State Wildcats, Michigan State Spartans, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Oklahoma Sooners, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Michigan Wolverines, South Carolina Gamecocks, Wisconsin Badgers, Boise State Broncos, Stanford Cardinal, Virginia Tech Hokies
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