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Oklahoma State No. 21 in First AP Poll of 2016 Season
Oklahoma State checked in at No. 21 in the first AP Poll of the 2016 season. It was No. 19 in the Coaches Poll (per the usual, the liberal media bias is shining through and most media members hate us). What can you do?
Here’s a look at the top 25.
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama (33) |
| 2 | Clemson (16) |
| 3 | Oklahoma (4) |
| 4 | Florida State (5) |
| 5 | LSU (1) |
| 6 | Ohio State (1) |
| 7 | Michigan (1) |
| 8 | Stanford |
| 9 | Tennessee |
| 10 | Notre Dame |
| 11 | Ole Miss |
| 12 | Michigan State |
| 13 | TCU |
| 14 | Washington |
| 15 | Houston |
| 16 | UCLA |
| 17 | Iowa |
| 18 | Georgia |
| 19 | Louisville |
| 20 | USC |
| 21 | Oklahoma State |
| 22 | North Carolina |
| 23 | Baylor |
| 24 | Oregon |
| 25 | Florida |
Also of interest. This is the first time OSU has been ranked in the preseason since 2013. That year turned out pretty good. Here is the preseason as well as AP high and AP postseason ranking for every year’s team in the Mike Gundy era.
| Year | AP Pre | AP High | AP Post |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 20 | |
| 2014 | 15 | ||
| 2013 | 13 | 6 | 17 |
| 2012 | 19 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 10 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 9 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 16 | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2005 |
OSU won’t make this list this year, but my pals at CBS did a cool post on the biggest flops in recent memory in preseason AP polls. Texas!
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