ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES PRESEASON 2001 POLL
 
AP POLL - 2001 PRESEASON
August 11, 2001
No.
School (# of first place votes in parenthesis)
Record
Points
Previous
1 Florida (20)
10-3
1,716
10
2 Miami (FL) (33)
11-1
1,700
2
3 Oklahoma (10)
13-0
1,588
1
4 Nebraska (4)
10-2
1,525
8
5 Texas (5)
9-3
1,461
12
6 Florida State
11-2
1,441
5
7 Oregon
10-2
1,354
7
8 Tennessee
8-4
1,344
NR
9 Virginia Tech
11-1
1,169
6
10 Georgia Tech
9-3
1,005
17
11 Oregon State
11-1
974
4
12 Michigan
9-3
919
11
13 Kansas State
11-3
902
9
14 Louisiana State
8-4
763
22
15 Washington
11-1
683
3
16 Northwestern
8-4
667
NR
17 UCLA
6-6
639
NR
18 Notre Dame
9-3
599
15
19 Clemson
9-3
569
16
20 Mississippi State
8-4
521
24
21 South Carolina
8-4
350
19
22 Wisconsin
9-4
237
23
23 Ohio State
8-4
181
NR
24 Colorado State
10-2
179
14
25 Alabama
3-8
136
NR
Others receiving votes: Purdue 127, Colorado 105, Georgia 84, Southern Cal 74, East Carolina 65, Pittsburgh 62, Louisville 53, Michigan St. 32, Texas A&M 28, Arkansas 22, Illinois 21, Marshall 12, Mississippi 12, UNLV 12, Southern Miss. 10, Penn St. 9, Auburn 8, Stanford 8, TCU 7, Fresno St. 6, Iowa St. 5, Kansas 5, N.C. State 3, W. Michigan 2, West Virginia 2, Arizona St. 1, Indiana 1, Syracuse 1, Toledo 1.