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UCLA Football Ranked 7th in the AP Preseason Poll

It doesn't mean a lot until they start playing some games, but it is a good indicator as far as the expectations for this year's team.

There are some very high expectations for Coach Mora's team this season.
There are some very high expectations for Coach Mora's team this season.
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Preseason polls are pretty meaningless other than serving as an indicator of the media hype surrounding your program. Obviously, the key is maintaining or improving that ranking by winning each and every week.

Despite that, it's still nice when your team has the early season respect of being highly ranked.

This morning, the Associated Press released its preseason football poll. UCLA was ranked 7th with 1106 points. The Bruins are ranked behind Aubrun who received 1198 points and ahead of Michigan State who received 1080 points.

Elsewhere in the Pac-12, Oregon was ranked 3rd with one first-place vote and 1334 points, Stanford was 11th with 885 points, u$c was 15th with 626 points, ASU was 19th with 357 points, and Washington was 25th with 130 points.

Here is the complete list of the AP Top 25 Preseason Poll:

Rank School Points
1 Florida State (57) 1,496
2 Alabama (1) 1,361
3 Oregon (1) 1,334
4 Oklahoma (1) 1,324
5 Ohio State 1,207
6 Auburn 1,198
7 UCLA 1,106
8 Michigan State 1,080
9 South Carolina 1,015
10 Baylor 966
11 Stanford 885
12 Georgia 843
13 LSU 776
14 Wisconsin 637
15 USC 626
16 Clemson 536
17 Notre Dame 445
18 Mississippi 424
19 Arizona State 357
20 Kansas State 242
21 Texas A&M 238
22 Nebraska 226
23 North Carolina 194
24 Missouri 134
25 Washington 130
Others receiving votes: UCF 94, Florida 87, Texas 86, Duke 71, Iowa 68, Louisville 48, Marshall 41, Oklahoma State 37, Virginia Tech 26, TCU 23, Mississippi State 22, Michigan 19, Texas Tech 19, Miami (FL) 16, Cincinnati 15, Boise State 10, Oregon State 10, Northwestern 8, BYU 8, Penn State 5, Vanderbilt 2, Navy 2, Nevada 1, Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Utah State 1

Go Bruins!