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The first college football rankings of the 2011 season have Oklahoma on top: the Sooners come in at No. 1 in the USA Today preseason coaches poll, released Thursday.
Oklahoma received 42 first place votes, more than three times as many as second-ranked Alabama. The Sooners return Heisman Trophy candidate Landry Jones, trusty receiver Ryan Broyles, and a slew of talented defenders, and will be hunting for their second national championship under Bob Stoops, who is 2-5 in BCS bowl games since coaching the Sooners to a BCS national championship in 2000.
The Crimson Tide, Oregon, LSU, and Florida State round out the top five.
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Full poll is as follows (first-place votes in parentheses):
1. Oklahoma (42)
2. Alabama (13)
3. Oregon (2)
4. LSU (2)
5. Florida State
6. Stanford
7. Boise State
8. Oklahoma State
9. Texas A&M
10. Wisconsin
11. Nebraska
12. South Carolina
13. Virginia Tech
14. Arkansas
15. TCU
16. Ohio State
17. Michigan State
18. Notre Dame
19. Auburn
20. Mississippi State
21. Missouri
22. Georgia
23. Florida
24. Texas
25. Penn State
For other schools receiving votes, see USA Today.