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[SIZE=14pt]TCU Seventh In Preseason USA Today Poll[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]Horned Frogs open the 2010 campaign versus No. 22 Oregon State at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington[/SIZE]
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The TCU football team is seventh in the preseason USA Today coaches' poll, marking its highest preseason ranking since 1956 when it was also seventh. The Horned Frogs return 16 starters from last year's 12-1 team which made its first BCS appearance and closed the season ranked sixth. TCU has three top-10 final rankings in the last five seasons.
TCU opens the 2010 campaign versus No. 22 Oregon State on Sept. 4 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The game will be televised on ESPN.
It's the sixth time since 2000 that TCU has been ranked in the preseason. Last year's No. 17 preseason ranking was TCU's highest appearance in a preseason poll since 1960, when it was 11th. The previous four occasions saw the Horned Frogs no higher than 20th in a preseason poll.
TCU's 53-11 (.828) record since 2005 ranks as the sixth-best mark in the nation. The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games six times in the last eight seasons, including five campaigns with at least 11 victories.
2010 Preseason USA Today Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses and total points received)
1. Alabama (55) - 1,469
2. Ohio State (4) - 1,392
3. Florida - 1,245
4. Texas - 1,240
5. Boise State - 1,215
6. Virginia Tech - 1,052
7. TCU - 1,051
8. Oklahoma - 1,035
9. Nebraska - 1,001
10. Iowa - 952
11. Oregon - 940
12. Wisconsin - 778
13. Miami (Fla.) - 728
14. Penn State - 508
15. Pittsburgh - 492
16. LSU - 476
17. Georgia Tech - 455
18. North Carolina - 445
19. Arkansas - 438
20. Florida State - 374
21. Georgia - 312
22. Oregon State - 263
23. Auburn - 260
24. Utah - 169
24. West Virginia - 169
