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The Nebraska football team opens the 2012 season ranked 17th in the Associated Press poll released Saturday morning. The Huskers received a total of 485 points from the 60 national writers who vote in the poll following a No. 16 preseason ranking in the USA Today Coaches Poll released earlier in August.
It is the 36th consecutive poll the Huskers have been ranked in dating back to Nov. 29, 2009, and that is the fifth-longest active streak in the nation and the longest among Big Ten schools. In all, five Big Ten schools are ranked in the top 20 of the preseason poll, including No. 8 Michigan, No. 12 Wisconsin, No. 13 Michigan State and No. 18 Ohio State. The Big Ten was one of three conferences with at least five ranked teams in the preseason poll.
The Huskers will begin the 2012 season two weeks from today when they take on Southern Miss at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on ABC and ESPN2, depending on what part of the country you live in.
AP Preseason Top 25
1). USC (25)
2). Alabama (17)
3). LSU (16)
4). Oklahoma (1)
5). Oregon
6). Georgia
7). Florida State
8). Michigan (1)
9). South Carolina
10). Arkansas
11). West Virginia
12). Wisconsin
13). Michigan State
14). Clemson
15). Texas
16). Virginia Tech
17). Nebraska
18). Ohio State
19). Oklahoma State
20). TCU
21). Stanford
22). Kansas State
23). Florida
24). Boise State
25). Louisville
