Louisville Football Ranked #19 in the Pre-Season AP Poll

Mark BlankenbakerAugust 21, 2016

The Associated Press Released its 2016 Pre-Season Rankings on Sunday Morning. The Louisville Cardinals were selected to start the season at #19.

This is the 1st pre-season AP ranking for Louisville since 2013 and the 1st of the Bobby Petrino 2.0 era. The Cards were ranked #9 in the pre-season poll in 2013 & #25 in the 2014 pre-season poll. UofL was also ranked #10 in 2007, #13 in 2006, #12 in 2005, #17 in 2002 in the Pre-Season AP Polls in Recent Years.

(###) Number of first place votes


1	Alabama (33) SEC Record: 14-1	PV Rank – Points 1,469
2	Clemson (16) ACC Record: 14-1	– 1,443
3	Oklahoma (4) Big 12 Record: 11-2	– 1,352
4	Florida State (5) ACC Record: 10-3	– 1,325
5	LSU (1) SEC Record: 9-3	– 1,269
6	Ohio State (1) Big Ten Record: 12-1	– 1,224
7	Michigan (1) Big Ten Record: 10-3	– 1,147
8	Stanford Pac-12 Record: 12-2	– 1,029
9	Tennessee SEC Record: 9-4	– 1,021
10	Notre Dame Division I FBS Independents Record: 10-3	– 1,006
11	Mississippi SEC Record: 10-3	– 718
12	Michigan State Big Ten Record: 12-2	– 710
13	TCU Big 12 Record: 11-2	– 707
14	Washington Pac-12 Record: 7-6	– 651
15	Houston The American Record: 13-1	– 644
16	UCLA Pac-12 Record: 8-5	– 496
17	Iowa Big Ten Record: 12-2	– 484
18	Georgia SEC Record: 10-3	– 448
19	Louisville ACC Record: 8-5	– 447
20	USC Pac-12 Record: 8-6	– 344
21	Oklahoma State Big 12 Record: 10-3	– 316
22	North Carolina ACC Record: 11-3	– 283
23	Baylor Big 12 Record: 10-3	– 280
24	Oregon Pac-12 Record: 9-4	– 218
25	Florida SEC Record: 10-4	– 180