AP Poll: USC Lands No. 15 Overall

Less than two weeks away from the start of the college football season, the first AP Poll is finally out. Kicking things off with a record six squads, the Pac-12 put together a great showing in the rankings. While the SEC (8) controlled the overall rankings, defending national champion Florida State holds the top spot.

Rank	School	Points
1	Florida State (57)	1,496
2	Alabama (1)	1,361
3	Oregon (1)	1,334
4	Oklahoma (1)	1,324
5	Ohio State	1,207
6	Auburn	1,198
7	UCLA	1,106
8	Michigan State	1,080
9	South Carolina	1,015
10	Baylor	966
11	Stanford	885
12	Georgia	843
13	LSU	776
14	Wisconsin	637
15	USC	626
16	Clemson	536
17	Notre Dame	445
18	Mississippi	424
19	Arizona State	357
20	Kansas State	242
21	Texas A&M	238
22	Nebraska	226
23	North Carolina	194
24	Missouri	134
25	Washington	130

UCF 94, Florida 87, Texas 86, Duke 71, Iowa 68, Louisville 48, Marshall 41, Oklahoma State 37, Virginia Tech 26, TCU 23, Mississippi State 22, Michigan 19, Texas Tech 19, Miami (FL) 16, Cincinnati 15, Boise State 10, Oregon State 10, Northwestern 8, BYU 8, Penn State 5, Vanderbilt 2, Navy 2, Nevada 1, Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Utah State 1

All in all USC is projected to face four AP Poll ranked squads over the course of the season, starting with No. 11 Stanford up in Palo Alto during the second week of the season. Since 1976, only five schools ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Poll have finished the season in that spot. The last team to do so? USC, in 2004.