TCU football ranked 21st in preseason USA Today poll
8/4/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 4, 2006
MCLEAN, Va. -- The TCU football team is ranked 21st in the preseason USA Today poll released Friday.It's the Horned Frogs' highest appearance in a preseason poll since 2000 when they were ranked 20th by the Associated Press.
TCU has the nation's second-longest current winning streak at 10 games in a row, trailing only national champion Texas (20).
In just five seasons, Gary Patterson is the only head coach in TCU history to record three 10-win campaigns. The Mountain West Conference champion Frogs were 11-1 last year in finishing ninth in the final USA Today poll. It was TCU's highest season-ending ranking since 1959.
The Frogs open the 2006 campaign on Sept. 3 at Baylor in a nationally-televised contest on Fox Sports Net. Kickoff is 4:30 p.m.
Included below is USA Today's preseason Top 25 poll with points received (first-place votes in parentheses):
1. Ohio State (28) - 1,487
2. Texas (11) - 1,378
3. USC (1) - 1,348
3. Notre Dame (1) - 1,348
5. Oklahoma (13) - 1,320
6. Auburn (1) - 1,206
7. West Virginia - 1,202
8. Florida - 1,054
9. LSU - 1,037
10. Florida State - 874
11. Miami (Fla.) - 839
12. California - 798
13. Louisville - 785
14. Georgia - 784
15. Michigan - 778
16. Virginia Tech - 591
17. Iowa - 519
18. Clemson - 493
19. Penn State - 406
20. Oregon - 373
21. TCU - 270
22. Nebraska - 261
23. Tennessee - 216
24. Alabama - 210
25. Texas Tech - 198
