College Football Rankings: Pac-12 Has 3 Teams In AP Poll Preseason Top 25

July 24, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Arizona Wildcats head coach Rich Rodriguez (left), quarterback Matt Scott (center), and linebacker Jake Fisher answer media questions during PAC-12 Media Day at Universal Studios Hollywood. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-US PRESSWIRE

The Pac-12 has three teams listed in the 2012 AP Preseason poll, with another two members unranked but receiving votes.

The Pac-12 has three teams in the 2012 AP Top 25 preseason poll, with another two members of the conference receiving votes. University of Southern California leads things, with the USC Trojans earning the No. 1 ranking. The Oregon Ducks are next, coming in at No. 4, and the Stanford Cardinal are ranked No. 21. The two Pac-12 teams that were not ranked but received votes were Washington and Utah.

Arizona teams have a number of games against Top 25 teams: the Arizona Wildcats play Oregon on Sept. 22, Stanford on Oct. 6, and USC on Oct. 27. Oregon and Stanford are road games, while the Wildcats will host the Trojans. The ASU Sun Devils face Oregon in Arizona's Ring of Honor game on Oct. 18, then travel to Southern California to face USC on Nov. 10.

RANK	TEAM	2011 RECORD	POINTS	PV
1	USC (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.

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