Terps Earn Votes in Preseason Coaches' Poll
8/4/2006 8:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 4, 2006
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Three days before the opening of training camp 2006, the University of Maryland football team finds itself unofficially ranked 39th in the first preseason poll of the season. The Terps earned eight votes in the USA Today Coaches' poll released today.
Ohio State earned 28 first place votes and the top spot in this year's preseason voting. They are followed in the top five by Texas, USC, Notre Dame and Oklahoma. Four Atlantic Coast Conference schools (Florida State (10), Miami (11), Virginia Tech (16) and Clemson (18)) are ranked in the poll.
The Terrapins were last ranked in the preseason at the start of 2004 (#22 AP/#20 Coaches) and remained in the polls that year until week six when it fell out after being ranked 23rd in both polls. The Terrapins were ranked each of Ralph Friedgen's first years, finishing 11th, 13th and 17th, respectively, in the AP polls for 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Below is this year's Coaches' poll:
Week 1 USA Today Poll 1. Ohio State (28) 0-0 1,487 2. Texas (11) 0-0 1,378 3. USC (1) 0-0 1,348 3. Notre Dame (9) 0-0 1,348 5. Oklahoma (13) 0-0 1,320 6. Auburn (1) 0-0 1,206 7. West Virginia 0-0 1,202 8. Florida 0-0 1,054 9. LSU 0-0 1,037 10. Florida State 0-0 874 11. Miami (FL) 0-0 839 12. California 0-0 798 13. Louisville 0-0 785 14. Georgia 0-0 784 15. Michigan 0-0 778 16. Virginia Tech 0-0 591 17. Iowa 0-0 519 18. Clemson 0-0 493 19. Penn State 0-0 406 20. Oregon 0-0 373 21. TCU 0-0 270 22. Nebraska 0-0 261 23. Tennessee 0-0 216 24. Alabama 0-0 210 25. Texas Tech 0-0 198
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Arizona State 182, Boston College 87, Utah 84, Arkansas 64, South Carolina 55, Boise State 46, Wisconsin 37, UCLA 29, Georgia Tech 28, Fresno State 14, Tulsa 11, Iowa State 9, Minnesota 9, Maryland 8, Purdue 7, TEXAS AM 6, Memphis 5, Nevada 3, UTEP 3, Rutgers 2, NORTHN ILLINOIS 2, Northwestern 2, Oregon State 2, Arizona 2, Brigham Young 2, Colorado 1, Duke 1.
