USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll Released

Today the USA Today released its preseason Coaches poll for the upcoming 2006 season. I for one thing preseason polls are a bunch of garbage. We all have trouble enough deciding inseason who is the better team after seeing the teams play, so how can anyone decide who is better when no game have been played yet? It would also be curious to find out if this poll was done before or after the Rhett Bomar release. Here is how the polls shakes out:

First place votes are shown in parentheses. Total points also shown. 1. Ohio State (28) 1,487 2. Texas (11) 1,378 3. (tie) Notre Dame (9) 1,348 3. (tie) Southern California (1) 1,348 5. Oklahoma (13) 1,320 6. Auburn (1) 1,206 7. West Virginia 1,202 8. Florida 1,054 9. LSU 1,037 10. Florida State 874 11. Miami (Fla.) 839 12. California 798 13. Louisville 785 14. Georgia 784 15. Michigan 778 16. Virginia Tech 591 17. Iowa 519 18. Clemson 493 19. Penn State 406 20. Oregon 373 21. TCU 270 22. Nebraska 261 23. Tennessee 216 24. Alabama 210 25. Texas Tech 198 Others receiving votes Arizona State (7-5) 182; Boston College (9-3) 87; Utah (7-5) 84; Arkansas (4-7) 64; South Carolina (7-5) 55; Boise State (9-4) 46; Wisconsin (10-3) 37; UCLA (10-2) 29; Georgia Tech (7-5) 28; Fresno State (8-5) 14; Tulsa (9-4) 11; Iowa State (7-5) 9; Minnesota (7-5) 9; Maryland (5-6) 8; Purdue (5-6) 7; Texas A&M (5-6) 6; Memphis (7-5) 5; Nevada (9-3) 3; Texas-El Paso (8-4) 3; Arizona (3-8) 2; Brigham Young (6-6) 2; Northern Illinois (7-5) 2; Northwestern (7-5) 2; Oregon State (5-6) 2; Rutgers (7-5) 2; Colorado (7-6) 1; Duke (1-10) 1.