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College Football Rankings: Oregon Ducks No. 5 In AP Preseason Poll

The Oregon Ducks were ranked No. 5 in the 2012 AP Preseason poll.

By Pete Holby
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The Oregon Ducks are ranked No. 5 in the AP Preseason Top 25 Poll. The Ducks are the only member of the top five to not receive a first-place vote. No. 1 in the rankings went to the USC Trojans, followed by the Alabama Crimson Tide, the LSU Tigers, Oklahoma and then the Ducks.

The ranking is consistent with the No. 5 spot Oregon earned in the 2012 Preseason Coaches' poll and a step down from the No. 4 ranking in SB Nation's Blogpoll. The team appears not to have benefited from LSU's dismissal of star cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, but a new, post-Mathieu Blogpoll is due out soon.

The release of each poll means we move closer and closer to the start of the season. Oregon football kicks off Sept. 1 when the Ducks play host to Arkansas State.

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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