The USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 preseason poll came out on Friday and we find the defending champions, the Alabama Sooners, sitting on top. As we all know rankings mean nothing at this time of the year.
Our UConn Huskies find themselves in the others receiving votes having gotten 40 votes from the coaches. This places the Huskies as the 33rd ranked team in the country. Their opening week opponent, the Michigan Wolverines, didn’t receive any votes.
Leading the way in the Big East is the Pittsburgh Panthers who are ranked 15th in the country. The only other team ranked in the top 25 from the Big East is the West Virginia Mountaineers who are in a tie for 24th.
Besides UConn, Cincinnati and South Florida are in the others receiving votes with the Bearcats on the outside at 26th looking in.
A full look at the poll after the jump.
| Rank | Team (first-place votes) | 2009 record | Points | Final 2009 rank |
| 1 | Alabama (55) | 14-0 | 1,469 | 1 |
| 2 | Ohio State (4) | 11-2 | 1,392 | 5 |
| 3 | Florida | 13-1 | 1,245 | 3 |
| 4 | Texas | 13-1 | 1,240 | 2 |
| 5 | Boise State | 14-0 | 1,215 | 4 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 10-3 | 1,052 | 10 |
| 7 | TCU | 12-1 | 1,051 | 6 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 8-5 | 1,035 | NR |
| 9 | Nebraska | 10-4 | 1,001 | 14 |
| 10 | Iowa | 11-2 | 952 | 7 |
| 11 | Oregon | 10-3 | 940 | 11 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 10-3 | 778 | 16 |
| 13 | Miami (Fla.) | 9-4 | 728 | 19 |
| 14 | Penn State | 11-2 | 508 | 8 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 10-3 | 492 | 15 |
| 16 | LSU | 9-4 | 476 | 17 |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 11-3 | 455 | 13 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 8-5 | 445 | NR |
| 19 | Arkansas | 8-5 | 438 | NR |
| 20 | Florida State | 7-6 | 374 | NR |
| 21 | Georgia | 8-5 | 312 | NR |
| 22 | Oregon State | 8-5 | 263 | NR |
| 23 | Auburn | 8-5 | 260 | NR |
| 24t. | Utah | 10-3 | 169 | 18 |
| 24t. | West Virginia | 9-4 | 169 | 22 |
| Others receiving votes: | ||||
| Cincinnati (12-1) 135; Houston (10-4) 76; Brigham Young (11-2) 66; Arizona (8-5) 65; Mississippi (9-4) 48; Clemson (9-5) 44; Stanford (8-5) 41; Connecticut (8-5) 40; Notre Dame (6-6) 38; South Carolina (7-6) 38; Washington (5-7) 26; Missouri (8-5) 23; Navy (10-4) 12; Oklahoma State (9-4) 11; Boston College (8-5) 10; Michigan State (6-7) 10; Arizona State (4-8) 6; California (8-5) 6; Texas Tech (9-4) 5; South Florida (8-5) 4; Texas A&M (6-7) 3; Northwestern (8-5) 2; Temple (9-4) 2; Central Michigan (12-2) 1; Mississippi State (5-7) 1; Nevada (8-5) 1; Northern Illinois (7-6) 1; Southern Methodist (8-5) 1. | ||||
