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Five Big Ten Teams Ranked In Preseason Poll

By Editorial Staff

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The Boiling Point: The Big Ten is one of three conferences to put more than two teams in the preseason USA Today Coaches’ Poll that was released on Thursday.

Less than one month away from the beginning of the college football season, five Big Ten squads are ranked among the top 25 of the preseason USA Today Coaches’ Poll released this morning.

Wisconsin leads the way for the conference and is ranked 10th overall after earning a share of the Big Ten Championship last season, the Badgers’ first conference title since 1999. Nebraska enters its first Big Ten season ranked 11th overall after winning 10 games last season and advancing to the Big 12 Championship Game. Ohio State also cracked the top 20 and was slotted 16th overall. Michigan State was tabbed 17th after winning a share of its first Big Ten Championship since 1990 last season. Penn State rounds out the Big Ten’s ranked contingent at 25th overall.

Iowa, Michigan and Northwestern also received votes in the first USA Today poll of 2011.

Here’s the complete poll.

1. Oklahoma (42) — 1,4542. Alabama (13) — 1,414
3. Oregon (2) — 1,309
4. LSU (2) — 1,296
5. Florida State — 1,116
6. Stanford — 1,101
7. Boise State — 1,065
8. Oklahoma State — 933
9. Texas A&M — 88510. Wisconsin — 829
11. Nebraska — 814
12. South Carolina — 779
13. Virginia Tech — 767
14. Arkansas — 750
15. TCU — 687
16. Ohio State — 631
17. Michigan State — 536
18. Notre Dame — 440
19. Auburn — 329
20. Mississippi State — 301
21. Missouri — 26622. Georgia — 260
23. Florida — 240
24. Texas — 16225. Penn State — 161

Others receiving votes: Arizona State (158); West Virginia (149); Utah (50); Miami (Fla.) (49); Iowa (41); Northwestern (30); Arizona (28); Central Florida (22); Michigan (19); Air Force (15); North Carolina (14); Houston (13); South Florida (9); Hawaii (8); Clemson (7); Tennessee (7); Southern Miss (6); Brigham Young (5); North Carolina State (4); Northern Illinois (4); Oregon State (4); Pittsburgh (3); Washington (3); Georgia Tech (1); Nevada (1).