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Auburn Ranked No. 22 In Associated Press Preseason Poll Tigers ranked

Aug. 21, 2010

AUBURN - The Auburn football team is ranked No. 22 in The Associated Press' preseason poll, which was released on Saturday. The Tigers are coming off an 8-5 campaign that concluded with a 38-35 overtime victory over Northwestern in the Outback Bowl.

The Southeastern Conference leads all leagues with six representatives in the poll, including No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 Florida, No. 17 Arkansas, No. 21 LSU and No. 23 Georgia. Auburn plays all of those schools this season with the exception of Florida.

Three other Auburn opponents - Clemson, South Carolina and Ole Miss - also received votes in the poll.

Auburn was also ranked in the USA Today Coaches' Poll, which was released Aug. 6, coming in at No. 23.

Auburn opens the 2010 season on Sept. 4 against Arkansas State at 6 p.m. CT in Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game will be televised by Fox Sports Net.

A limited number of season, mini-season and single-game tickets are still available. For more information, please visit www.auburntigers.com or call 1-800-AUB-1957.

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2009 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and final ranking:
Team	Record	Points	Previous
1. Alabama (54)	14-0	1,491	1
2. Ohio St. (3)	11-2	1,400	5
3. Boise St. (1)	14-0	1,336	4
4. Florida	13-1	1,237	3
5. Texas (1)	13-1	1,223	2
6. TCU	12-1	1,160	6
7. Oklahoma (1)	8-5	1,104	--
8. Nebraska	10-4	1,033	14
9. Iowa	11-2	1,007	7
10. Virginia Tech	10-3	973	10
11. Oregon	10-3	870	11
12. Wisconsin	10-3	822	16
13. Miami	9-4	785	19
14. Southern Cal	9-4	590	22
15. Pittsburgh	10-3	516	15
16. Georgia Tech	11-3	511	13
17. Arkansas	8-5	496	--
18. North Carolina	8-5	397	--
19. Penn St.	11-2	382	9
20. Florida St.	7-6	379	--
21. LSU	9-4	300	17
22. Auburn	8-5	296	--
23. Georgia	8-5	206	--
24. Oregon St.	8-5	198	--
25. West Virginia	9-4	184	25
Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 108, Stanford 81, Utah 80, South Carolina 71, Houston 66, Connecticut 32, Notre Dame 31, Missouri 27, BYU 19, Arizona 15, Clemson 15, Texas Tech 14, Navy 12, Washington 8, Texas A&M 7, Mississippi 6, Oklahoma St. 3, Cent. Michigan 2, Middle Tennessee 2, Temple 2, Boston College 1, SMU 1, UCF 1.