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Oklahoma, Michigan Ranked 1-2 in AP Football Poll; UCLA Is 4th

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From Associated Press

Defending national champion Oklahoma and runner-up Michigan will begin the 1986 season the way they ended 1985, as the 1-2 teams in the Associated Press college football poll.

Oklahoma received 44 of 60 first-place votes and 1,171 of a possible 1,200 points from a nationwide panel of sportswriters and sportscasters, according to the results of the preseason balloting announced Saturday. Michigan, which had six first-place votes, had 1,016 points.

Miami (Fla.) is third with 976 points. UCLA, which finished seventh last year, is fourth with three first-place votes and 972 points. The Bruins open their season at Oklahoma Sept. 6.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PRE-SEASON TOP 20

No. Team (1st Votes) Record Pts 1 Oklahoma (44) 11-1-0 1,171 2 Michigan (6) 10-1-1 1,016 3 Miami, Fla. (1) 10-2-0 976 4 UCLA (3) 9-2-1 972 5 Alabama 9-2-1 911 6 Penn State(3) 11-1-0 892 7 Texas A&M;(1) 10-2-0 871 8 Nebraska(1) 9-3-0 826 9 Ohio State 9-3-0 673 10 Tennessee 9-1-2 578 11 Florida State 9-3-0 422 12 Baylor 9-3-0 404 13 Florida 9-1-1 396 14 Auburn 8-4-0 269 15 LSU 9-2-1 229 16t Washington 7-5-0 220 16t Georgia 7-3-2 220 18 BYU 11-3-0 210 19 Arkansas 10-2-0 188 20 Michigan State 7-5-0 182

NOTE: Pittsburgh received one first-place vote.

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