Kansas Football Listed 13th In FWAA Preseason Poll
Aug. 21, 2008
LAWRENCE, Kan. – After earning a preseason ranking of 13th in the USA Today/Coaches Poll and 14th in the Associated Press listing, the Kansas football team found itself ranked 13th by the Football Writer’s Association of America in their Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll, which was announced on Thursday.
The Big 12 Conference has a league-high five teams ranked with Oklahoma fourth, Missouri sixth, Texas 11th, Kansas 13th and Texas Tech 14th. The Southeastern Conference has four teams ranked, including number two Georgia, number five Florida, number eight LSU and number nine Auburn.
USC tops the poll for the fourth time in the last five years of the preseason listings. Members of the FWAA board and its All-America committee vote in the poll. The Grantland Rice Trophy has been awarded to the national champion since 1954. Rice was a legendary sportswriter.
GRANTLAND RICE SUPER 16 POLL (PRESEASON)
Rank School [1st] Conference W-L Pts Opening Game
1. USC [5] Pacific-10 11-2 232 at Virginia
2. Georgia[5] SEC 11-2 229 Georgia Southern
3. Ohio State [4] Big Ten 11-2 219 vs. Youngstown State
4. OklahomaBig 12 11-3 204 Chattanooga
5. Florida[1] SEC 9-4 197 Hawaii
6. MissouriBig 12 12-2 164 vs. Illinois (St. Louis)
7. West VirginiaBig East 11-2 138 vs. Villanova
8. LSU SEC 12-2 130 vs. Appalachian State
9. Auburn[1] SEC 9-4 116 Louisiana-Monroe
10. Clemson ACC 9-4 109 vs. Alabama (Atlanta)
11. TexasBig 12 10-3 70 vs. Florida Atlantic
12. Wisconsin Big Ten 9-4 52 vs. Akron
13. KansasBig 12 12-1 51 vs. Florida International
14. Texas Tech Big 12 9-4 50 vs. Eastern Washington
15. IllinoisBig Ten 9-4 29 vs. Missouri (St. Louis)
t16. Arizona State Pac-10 10-3 28 vs. Northern Arizona
t16. BYUMountain West 11-2 28 vs. Northern Iowa
