College Football : Oklahoma Is Ranked No. 1; UCLA Third

For the third year in a row and the sixth time in Barry Switzer’s 15 years as coach, Oklahoma is the preseason choice to win college football’s national championship, according to the Associated Press poll.

Defending champion Penn State is No. 11.

Oklahoma received 55 of 60 first-place votes and 1,193 of a possible 1,200 points from a nationwide panel of sportswriters and sportscasters. The Sooners finished third last year after winning the national championship in 1985.

Nebraska, which finished fifth last year, received three first-place votes and was ranked second with 1,005 points. UCLA, No. 14 in last year’s final poll, was third with one first-place vote and 935 points. The other first-place vote went to Penn State.

Three other Pacific 10 teams were ranked in the top 20--Washington 13th, Arizona State 14th and USC 19th.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESEASON POLL The Top Twenty teams in the Associated Press 1987 preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1986 record, total voting points based on 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and ranking in the final 1986 season poll:

Rnk Team (1st Votes) Record Points Pvs 1 Oklahoma(55) 11-1-0 1193 3 2 Nebraska (3) 10-2-0 1005 5 3 UCLA (1) 8-3-1 935 14 4 Ohio State 10-3-0 906 7 5 Auburn 10-2-0 835 6 6 LSU 9-3-0 789 10 7 Michigan 11-2-0 754 8 8 Florida State 7-4-1 723 NR 9 Clemson 8-2-2 682 17 10 Miami, Fla. 11-1-0 676 2 11 Penn State (1) 12-0-0 603 1 12 Arkansas 9-3-0 598 15 13 Washington 8-3-1 521 18 14 Arizona State 10-1-1 440 4 15 Texas A&M; 9-3-0 424 13 16 Iowa 9-3-0 318 16 17 Tennessee 7-5-0 231 NR 18 Notre Dame 5-6-0 207 NR 19 USC 7-5-0 141 NR 20 Florida 6-5-0 127 NR Georgia 8-4-0 127 NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Pittsburgh 118, Alabama 67, Colorado 41, Michigan State 33, Mississippi 24, South Carolina 23, San Diego State 17, Arizona 8, Brigham Young 8, Stanford 8, Illinois 5, Maryland 3, Syracuse 3, Boston College 2, Georgia Tech 2, North Carolina 2, Oklahoma State 1.