Horned Frogs 17th In Preseason AP Poll
8/22/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 22, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The TCU football team is 17th in the preseason Associated Press poll released Saturday, matching its ranking in the USA Today Top 25 unveiled earlier this month.
The Horned Frogs have their highest preseason ranking since 1960, when they were 11th.
It's the fifth time since 2000 that TCU has been ranked in the preseason. The previous four occasions saw the Frogs no higher than 20th.
TCU, with an 11-2 record, was ranked seventh in last year's final Associated Press and USA Today polls. It was the fifth time in the last seven seasons the Frogs won at least 10 games, including four 11-win campaigns.
TCU opens the 2009 season on Sept. 12 at Virginia. The Frogs are one of just two teams in the nation to have an open date on Sept. 5.
Three Mountain West Conference teams are ranked. Utah is 19th with BYU at No. 20.
2009 Preseason Associated Press Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses and total points received)
1. Florida (58) - 1,498
2. Texas (2) - 1,424
3. Oklahoma - 1,370
4. USC - 1,313
5. Alabama - 1,156
6. Ohio State - 1,113
7. Virginia Tech - 1,054
8. Mississippi - 1,047
T9. Oklahoma State - 989
T9. Penn State - 989
11. LSU - 914
12. California - 746
13. Georgia - 714
14. Boise State - 659
15. Georgia Tech - 593
16. Oregon - 587
17. TCU - 521
18. Florida State - 307
19. Utah - 289
20. BYU - 267
21. North Carolina - 261
22. Iowa - 229
23. Notre Dame - 225
24. Nebraska - 207
25. Kansas - 134
