Horned Frogs ranked 22nd by the Associated Press
8/19/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 19, 2006
NEW YORK -- The TCU football team is 22nd in the preseason Associated Press Top 25.
The defending Mountain West Conference champion Horned Frogs are ranked in the preseason AP poll for the third time in the last seven seasons. TCU was No. 25 in 2003 and 20th in 2000 on the way to 11-2 and 10-2 campaigns, respectively.
TCU is 21st in the USA Today preseason poll.
TCU opens the 2006 season Sept. 3 with a nationally-televised contest (Fox Sports Net) at Baylor. Kickoff is 4:30 p.m. in Waco.
Included below is the AP preseason Top 25 (first-place votes in parentheses) and total points received:
1. Ohio State (35) - 1,558
2. Notre Dame (10) - 1,470
3. Texas (8) - 1,411
4. Auburn (3) - 1,395
5. West Virginia (6) - 1,354
6. USC (3) - 1,345
7. Florida - 1,178
8. LSU - 1,144
9. California - 975
10. Oklahoma - 960
11. Florida State - 949
12. Miami (Fla.) - 893
13. Louisville - 844
14. Michigan - 824
15. Georgia - 743
16. Iowa - 720
17. Virginia Tech - 614
18. Clemson - 479
19. Penn State - 386
20. Nebraska - 332
21. Oregon - 324
22. TCU - 257
23. Tennessee - 215
24. Arizona State - 182
25. Texas Tech - 181
