USA TODAY/ESPN POLL

The top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1999 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

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Rec. Pts Pvs 1. Nebraska (36) 12-1 1,442 2 2. Florida State (21) 12-0 1,426 1 3. Alabama (1) 10-3 1,266 8 4. Michigan 10-2 1,196 5 5. Wisconsin (1) 10-2 1,192 4 6. Miami 9-4 1,110 15 7. Florida 9-4 1,065 14 8. Texas 9-5 997 23 9. Kansas State 11-1 985 6 10. Virginia Tech 11-1 974 3 11. Georgia 8-4 933 16 12. Tennessee 9-3 840 9 13. Purdue 7-5 626 -- 14. Washington 8-4 586 -- 15. Ohio State 6-6 543 -- 16. USC 6-6 530 -- 17. Penn State 10-3 489 11 18. Mississippi 8-4 376 22 19. Clemson 6-6 340 -- 20. Oklahoma 7-5 283 -- 21. Illinois 8-4 279 25 22. Michigan State 10-2 245 7 23. Texas Christian 8-4 215 -- 24. Texas A&M; 8-4 211 20 25. Southern Miss. 9-3 197 13

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Also receiving votes: Colorado 164, Mississippi State 116, UCLA 69, Arkansas 55, Minnesota 54, Oregon 52, Georgia Tech 48, East Carolina 41, Marshall 38, Utah 32, Syracuse 31, Brigham Young 28, Virginia 24, Colorado State 21, Notre Dame 14, Stanford 12, Oregon State 7, Vanderbilt 7, Boston College 3, San Diego State 3, Arizona 2, Fresno State 2, Hawaii 2, Arizona State 1, Duke 1, Idaho 1, Toledo 1.