Huskers Ranked 17th in AP Preseason Poll

Lincoln -- The Nebraska football team opens the 2012 season ranked 17th in the Associated Press poll released Saturday morning. The Huskers received a total of 485 points from the 60 national writers who vote in the poll following a No. 16 preseason ranking in the USA Today Coaches Poll released earlier in August. 

It is the 36th consecutive poll the Huskers have been ranked in dating back to Nov. 29, 2009, and that is the fifth-longest active streak in the nation and the longest among Big Ten schools.

In all, five Big Ten schools are ranked in the top 20, including No. 8 Michigan, No. 12 Wisconsin, No. 13 Michigan State and No. 18 Ohio State. The Big Ten was one of three conferences with at least five ranked teams in the preseason poll.

The Huskers will begin the 2012 season two weeks from today when they take on Southern Miss at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on ABC and ESPN2, depending on what part of the country you live in.

2012 AP Preseason Poll

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	PV
1	Southern Cal (25)	1,445	6
2	Alabama (17)	1,411	1
3	LSU (16)	1,402	2
4	Oklahoma (1)	1,286	16
5	Oregon	1,274	4
6	Georgia	1,107	19
7	Florida St.	1,093	23
8	Michigan (1)	1,000	12
9	South Carolina	994	9
10	Arkansas	963	5
11	West Virginia	856	17
12	Wisconsin	838	10
13	Michigan St.	742	11
14	Clemson	615	22
15	Texas	569	NR
16	Virginia Tech	548	21
17	Nebraska	485	24
18	Ohio St.	474	NR
19	Oklahoma St.	430	3
20	TCU	397	14
21	Stanford	383	7
22	Kansas St.	300	15
23	Florida	214	NR
24	Boise St.	212	8
25	Louisville	105	NR