Preseason Top 25

Sun., Aug. 21, 1994

The top 25 teams in the preseason 1994 Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1993 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and 1993 final ranking:

1. Florida (15) 11-2-0 1,416 5

2. Notre Dame (13) 11-1-0 1,414 2

3. Florida St. (10) 12-1-0 1,407 1

4. Nebraska (18) 11-1-0 1,398 3

5. Michigan (2) 8-4-0 1,283 21

6. Miami (1) 9-3-0 1,190 15

7. Arizona (2) 10-2-0 1,070 10

8. Colorado 8-3-1 1,057 16

9. Penn St. 10-2-0 1,012 8 10. Wisconsin 10-1-1 932 6 11. Auburn 11-0-0 924 4 12. Alabama (1) 9-3-1 923 14 13. Tennessee 9-2-1 793 12 14. UCLA 8-4-0 661 18 15. Texas A&M 10-2-0 603 9 16. Oklahoma 9-3-0 560 17 17. Southern Cal 8-5-0 557 18. Texas 5-5-1 527 19. North Carolina 10-3-0 526 19 20. Ohio St. 10-1-1 320 11 21. Illinois 5-6-0 249 22. Virginia Tech 9-3-0 235 22 23. Washington 7-4-0 181 24. West Virginia 11-1-0 121 7 25. Clemson 9-3-0 113 23

Other receiving votes: Stanford 111, Brigham Young 105, Georgia 99, Virginia 88, Boston College 63, Kansas State 47, Syracuse 36, Michigan State 33, California 30, Kansas 18, Mississippi State 14, Louisville 8, Arkansas 7, Arizona State 5, Georgia Tech 4, Fresno State 3, Baylor 2, Utah 2, Indiana 1, Kentucky 1, Western Michigan 1.

BERGUM’S PICKS

Following is the preseason top 25 ballot of Spokesman-Review sports writer Steve Bergum, who is among 60 writers and broadcasters voting in the Associated Press’ weekly college football ratings:

1. Michigan

2. Florida State

3. Arizona

4. Notre Dame

5. Nebraska

6. Florida

7. Southern Cal

8. Alabama

9. Ohio State 10. Miami 11. Auburn 12. UCLA 13. Colorado 14. Penn State 15. Tennessee 16. Washington 17. North Carolina 18. Wisconsin 19. California 20. Brigham Young 21. Texas 22. Texas A&M 23. Virginia Tech 24. Oklahoma 25. Stanford

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