By The Associated Press

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2006 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and final ranking:

Record Pts Pvs 1. Southern Cal (62) 11-2 1,622 42. LSU (2) 11-2 1,511 33. West Virginia (1) 11-2 1,396 104. Texas 10-3 1,375 135. Michigan 11-2 1,371 86. Florida 13-1 1,276 17. Wisconsin 12-1 1,192 78. Oklahoma 11-3 1,166 119. Virginia Tech 10-3 1,148 1910. Louisville 12-1 1,031 611. Ohio St. 12-1 876 212. California 10-3 790 1413. Georgia 9-4 782 2314. UCLA 7-6 605 —15. Tennessee 9-4 571 2516. Rutgers 11-2 560 1217. Penn St. 9-4 542 —18. Auburn 11-2 519 919. Florida St. 7-6 392 —20. Nebraska 9-5 377 —21. Arkansas 10-4 376 1522. TCU 11-2 283 2223. Hawaii 11-3 256 —24. Boise St. 13-0 187 525. Texas A&M 9-4 162Others receiving votes: Missouri 128, Georgia Tech 94, Boston College 75, Oregon 73, South Carolina 69, Miami 68, Alabama 66, Oregon St. 42, Wake Forest 40, South Florida 28, Arizona St. 17, BYU 14, Southern Miss. 12, Notre Dame 11, Virginia 7, Clemson 6, Oklahoma St. 3, Texas Tech 2, Houston 1, Kentucky 1, N.C. State 1, Purdue 1.