Oklahoma Opens At No. 8 In Coaches' Poll

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) _ Oklahoma opened at No. 8 in the preseason coaches' poll released Friday by USA Today. <br/><br/>The defending Big 12 champs were one of four conference teams in the top 25 including

Friday, August 3rd 2007, 2:09 pm

By: News On 6

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) _ Oklahoma opened at No. 8 in the preseason coaches' poll released Friday by USA Today.

The defending Big 12 champs were one of four conference teams in the top 25 including Texas (4), Nebraska (19) and Texas A&M (25).

Missouri, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Kansas State also received votes.

The top 10 teams in the poll are Southern Cal, LSU, Florida, Texas, Michigan, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Virginia Tech and Ohio State.

The Sooners open the 2007 season against North Texas on Sept. 1.

Southern Cal (45)

LSU (4)

Florida (9)

Texas

Michigan (2)

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Oklahoma

Virginia Tech

Ohio State

Louisville

California

Georgia

Auburn

Tennessee

Rutgers

UCLA

Penn State

Nebraska

Arkansas

Florida State

Boise State

Hawaii

Texas A&M

Others receiving votes: Boston College 150, Georgia Tech 150, Miami 91, Notre Dame 90, South Carolina 90, Wake Forest 71, Missouri 58, Oregon State 52, BYU 47, Clemson 30, Oregon 30, South Florida 26, Texas Tech 20, Alabama 16, Oklahoma State 15, Southern Mississippi 14, Iowa 12, Kansas State 8, Memphis 5, Houston 4, Arizona 1, Duke 1, Kentucky 1, Washington State 1.