LAWRENCE, Kan. – After earning a preseason ranking of 13th in the USA Today/Coaches Poll and 14th in the Associated Press listing, the Kansas football team found itself ranked 13th by the Football Writer’s Association of America in their Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll, which was announced on Thursday.

The Big 12 Conference has a league-high five teams ranked with Oklahoma fourth, Missouri sixth, Texas 11th, Kansas 13th and Texas Tech 14th. The Southeastern Conference has four teams ranked, including number two Georgia, number five Florida, number eight LSU and number nine Auburn.

USC tops the poll for the fourth time in the last five years of the preseason listings. Members of the FWAA board and its All-America committee vote in the poll. The Grantland Rice Trophy has been awarded to the national champion since 1954. Rice was a legendary sportswriter.

GRANTLAND RICE SUPER 16 POLL (PRESEASON)

Rank School [1st] Conference W-L Pts Opening Game

1. USC [5] Pacific-10 11-2 232 at Virginia

2. Georgia [5] SEC 11-2 229 Georgia Southern

3. Ohio State [4] Big Ten 11-2 219 vs. Youngstown State

4. Oklahoma Big 12 11-3 204 Chattanooga

5. Florida [1] SEC 9-4 197 Hawaii

6. Missouri Big 12 12-2 164 vs. Illinois (St. Louis)

7. West Virginia Big East 11-2 138 vs. Villanova

8. LSU SEC 12-2 130 vs. Appalachian State

9. Auburn [1] SEC 9-4 116 Louisiana-Monroe

10. Clemson ACC 9-4 109 vs. Alabama (Atlanta)

11. Texas Big 12 10-3 70 vs. Florida Atlantic

12. Wisconsin Big Ten 9-4 52 vs. Akron

13. Kansas Big 12 12-1 51 vs. Florida International

14. Texas Tech Big 12 9-4 50 vs. Eastern Washington

15. Illinois Big Ten 9-4 29 vs. Missouri (St. Louis)

t16. Arizona State Pac-10 10-3 28 vs. Northern Arizona

t16. BYU Mountain West 11-2 28 vs. Northern Iowa