The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Longhorns ranked fourth in USA Today Coaches Preseason Poll
08.06.2010 | Football
Aug. 6, 2010
Texas is ranked fourth in the annual USA Today Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll, which was released on Friday.
It marks fifth time in the last six years the Longhorns have opened in the Top Five. It is also the 11th straight year Texas has opened in the Top 10, which is a UT best.
Texas has been ranked in the USA Today Coaches Poll for 186 straight weeks dating back to late in the 1998 season. The 186 straight weeks is the longest UT streak in any poll and the nation's longest active streak in the coaches poll. The next longest active streak is 85 weeks by Ohio State and Florida. The Horns' previous longest streak in the coaches poll was 54 weeks from 1977-80.
Texas has been ranked in the first and last coaches poll in all 12 of Mack Brown's seasons in Austin.
Alabama was ranked No. 1 in this season's poll, receiving 55 first-place votes, while Ohio State was second with four first-place votes and Florida was third. Boise State, Virginia Tech, TCU, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa round out the Top 10.
Texas opens the season on the road against Rice in Reliant Stadium in Houston on Sept. 4 at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN.
