Sooners No. 5 in composite preseason top 25

Oklahoma is ranked No. 5 in the nation, according to a composite of 10 preseason college football publications.

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Using an aggregate of preseason college football rankings from Sports Illustrated, Lindy’s, Sporting News, ESPN, CBS, Athlon, USA Today, Street & Smith’s, Bleacher Report and Stadium, the Sooners begin the 2020 season ranked behind Clemson, Ohio State, Alabama and LSU.

Clemson got all but one first-place vote (Lindy’s). Ohio State got that vote at No. 1.

Alabama’s highest spot in the poll was at No. 2 (USA Today), but the Crimson Tide were no lower than fourth.

Defending champion LSU was ranked 10th by both Sports Illustrated and Street & Smith’s and only got one vote (Stadium) higher than No. 4.

Oklahoma’s lowest ranking was No. 8 (by ESPN), but the Sooners only had one top-four vote (Lindy’s ranked OU No. 4). The Sooners are one of just five teams to make the top 10 on all 10 ballots.

Aggregate rankings were compiled on an inverse scoring system: 25 points for a first-place vote, 24 for second, etc., down to 1 point for a 25th-place vote.

Three other Big 12 teams showed up in the composite Top 25: Texas is ranked No. 15, Oklahoma State is No. 17, and Iowa State is tied for No. 22. Baylor received enough votes to rank No. 26.

The Longhorns’ highest ranking was No. 13 by Sporting News and Street & Smith’s, while their lowest ranking was 24th by ESPN.

ESPN and Lindy’s likes Oklahoma State (No. 13), while Stadium had the Cowboys ranked No. 24 and both CBS and USA Today have OSU unranked.

Iowa State was unranked by SI, Sporting News, CBS and Street & Smith, while Stadium has the Cyclones ranked No. 10 and ESPN has them at No. 16.

Composite top 25 rankings (by publication):

Composite Rankings	Sports Illustrated	Lindy's	Sporting News	ESPN	CBS	Athlon	USA Today	Street & Smith	Bleacher Report	Stadium
1. Clemson	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2. Ohio State	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
3. Alabama	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4
4. LSU	10	8	4	4	4	4	4	10	4	3
5. Oklahoma	7	4	7	8	5	5	5	5	7
6. Florida	8	5	10	7	6	7	8	7	6	8
7. Oregon	6	9	6	5	7	11	6	6	10	9
8. Penn State	5	6	9	9	12	6	7	4	7	11
9. Georgia	2	7	5	6	9	8	11	8	9	13
10. Notre Dame	9	10	8	10	10	9	9	11	8	15
11. Auburn	14	12	11	12	8	16	13	9	12	5
12. Wisconsin	13	11	14	14	15	10	18	12	11	12
13. Texas A&M	25	16	16	11	13	15	19	15	13	6
14. Michigan	20	17	15	15	14	12	12	14	14	18
15. Texas	21	14	13	24	17	14	14	13	20	16
16. Minnesota	11	18	12	19	11	13	--	--	15	--
17. Oklahoma State	15	13	17	13	--	19	--	16	18	24
18. Cincinnati	12	24	20	17	18	17	16	19	--	--
19. USC	16	15	--	--	--	--	17	18	16	14
20. North Carolina	19	20	21	22	25	22	25	17	22	22
21. Boise State	22	--	25	18	20	18	20	--	17	--
t-22. Iowa State	--	21	--	16	--	23	21	--	24	10
t-22. Memphis	17	19	--	21	19	24	15	--	--	--
24. Iowa	--	22	--	23	21	21	10	22	--	--
t-25. Arizona State	18	25	22	--	24	--	--	25	19	--
t-25. Louisville	--	--	19	--	16	--	--	20	--	--
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Baylor	--	--	--	20	23	25	22	--	21	--
UCF	--	--	24	--	22	--	--	--	23	19
Utah	--	--	18	--	--	--	--	--	24	21
Washington	--	23	--	--	--	--	24	--	--	20
Virginia Tech	--	--	--	--	--	20	--	--	24	23
TCU	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	17
Tennessee	--	--	----	25	--	--	--	21	--	--
Nebraska	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	22	--	--
Cal	--	--	--	--	--	--	23	--	--	--
Virginia	--	--	23	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Florida State	23	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Purdue	24	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Appalachian State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	24	--	--
Ole Miss	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	25

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