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The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2011 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and 2011 final ranking:

                        Record    Pts   Pv

1. Southern Cal (25) 10-2 1,445 6

2. Alabama (17) 12-1 1,411 1

3. LSU (16) 13-1 1,402 2

4. Oklahoma (1) 10-3 1,286 16

5. Oregon 12-2 1,274 4

6. Georgia 10-4 1,107 19

7. Florida St. 9-4 1,093 23

8. Michigan (1) 11-2 1,000 12

9. South Carolina 11-2 994 9

10. Arkansas 11-2 963 5

11. West Virginia 10-3 856 17

12. Wisconsin 11-3 838 10

13. Michigan St. 11-3 742 11

14. Clemson 10-4 615 22

15. Texas 8-5 569 NR

16. Virginia Tech 11-3 548 21

17. Nebraska 9-4 485 24

18. Ohio St. 6-7 474 NR

19. Oklahoma St. 12-1 430 3

20. TCU 11-2 397 14

21. Stanford 11-2 383 7

22. Kansas St. 10-3 300 15

23. Florida 7-6 214 NR

24. Boise St. 12-1 212 8

25. Louisville 7-6 105 NR

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 83, Washington 55, Auburn 53, North Carolina 32, Utah 30, Georgia Tech 25, BYU 22, Tennessee 15, South Florida 11, Baylor 9, Texas A&M 5, UCF 4, Cincinnati 3, Missouri 3, N.C. State 3, Houston 1, Louisiana Tech 1, Mississippi St. 1, N. Illinois 1.