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1978 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	2	Alabama (31)	SEC	0-0	1215	DNP
2	<	3	Arkansas (13)	Southwest	0-0	1111	DNP
3	<	5	Penn State (5)	Ind	0-0	1013	DNP
4	<	7	Oklahoma (1)	Big 8	0-0	997	DNP
5	<	1	Notre Dame (9)	Ind	0-0	987	DNP
6	<	9	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	908	DNP
7	<	11	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0	884	DNP
8	<	4	Texas (1)	Southwest	0-0	759	DNP
9	<	13	USC (2)	Pac-10	0-0	747	DNP
10	<	12	Nebraska	Big 8	0-0	563	DNP
11	<	10	Washington	Pac-10	0-0	546	DNP
12	<	NR	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0	494	DNP
13	<	NR	LSU	SEC	0-0	486	DNP
14	<	8	Pittsburgh	Ind	0-0	434	DNP
15	<	6	Kentucky	SEC	0-0	419	DNP
16	<	NR	Texas A&M (1)	Southwest	0-0	410	DNP
17	<	14	Florida State	Ind	0-0	192	DNP
18	<	19	Clemson	ACC	0-0	152	DNP
19	<	17	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	150	DNP
20	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0	148	DNP
NR	<	15	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	16	San Diego State	WAC	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	18	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	20	BYU	WAC	0-0	0	DNP

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Ind	4	9.8	2626
Southwest	3	8.7	2280
SEC	3	9.7	2120
Pac-10	3	10.7	1787
Big 8	3	11.3	1708
Big Ten	2	6.5	1792
ACC	2	18.5	302

* = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.