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Oklahoma State Opens Season Ranked No. 19 By Associated Press
August 18, 2012 | Cowboy Football
Aug. 18, 2012
STILLWATER, Okla. - For the third time in the last four years, Oklahoma State will enter the football season ranked as a member of the Associated Press's top 25. The Cowboys are No. 19 in the 2012 A.P. poll released Saturday.
At no time in its history has Oklahoma State been more visible in the national polls than during the Mike Gundy era. A look:
· The season opener against Savannah State will mark OSU's 23rd straight game as a member of the AP top 25.
· OSU has been in the preseason AP top 25 just five times its history, including this season. However, 2012 marks the third time in four seasons Oklahoma State has accomplished the feat. OSU has debuted in the top 10 twice, checking at No. 9 in 2009 and 2011.
· Including the 2012 season opener, OSU has been ranked by AP in 43 of its last 48 games. In 29 of those games, the Cowboys have been in the top 15.
· In 2010, the Cowboys finished No. 10 in the USA Today poll and in 2011 OSU was third in the final AP and USA Today balloting. Prior to the past two seasons, OSU had not closed a season in the top 10 of a major poll since 1984 (seventh).
· The highest the Cowboys have been ranked under Gundy, and in program history, came in the Nov. 6 and Nov. 13 polls of last season when OSU peaked at No. 2 in the two major polls.
· Under Gundy, OSU is 33-11 as a member of the top 25.
· Under Gundy, OSU has spent 24 weeks (including weeks in which OSU was idle) in the top 10. Prior to Gundy, OSU had spent just 25 weeks in the top 10 of the AP poll in its history.
2012 Preseason Associated Press Poll
1. USC (25) - 1,445
2. Alabama (17) - 1,411
3. LSU (16) - 1,402
4. Oklahoma (1) - 1,286
5. Oregon - 1,274
6. Georgia - 1,107
7. Florida State - 1,093
8. Michigan (1) - 1,000
9. South Carolina - 994
10. Arkansas - 963
11. West Virginia - 856
12. Wisconsin - 838
13. Michigan State - 742
14. Clemson - 615
15. Texas - 569
16. Virginia Tech - 548
17. Nebraska - 485
18. Ohio State - 474
19. Oklahoma State - 430
20. TCU - 397
21. Stanford - 383
22. Kansas State - 300
23. Florida - 214
24. Boise State - 212
25. Louisville - 105
Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame 83, Washington 55, Auburn 53, North Carolina 32, Utah 30, Georgia Tech 25, BYU 22, Tennessee 15, South Florida 11, Baylor 9, Texas A&M 5, UCF 4, Cincinnati 3, Missouri 3, N.C. State 3, Houston 1, Louisiana Tech 1, Mississippi St. 1, N. Illinois 1.
