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President Bush, flanked by LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, left, and head coach Les Miles, laughs with members of the NCAA football champion LSU Tigers on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. The Tigers begin the 2008 season ranked sixth.

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2007 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Georgia (22) 11-2 1,528 2

2. Ohio St. (21) 11-2 1,506 5

3. Southern Cal (12) 11-2 1,490 3

4. Oklahoma (4) 11-3 1,444 8

5. Florida (6) 9-4 1,415 13

6. Missouri 12-2 1,266 4

7. LSU 12-2 1,135 1

8. West Virginia 11-2 1,116 21

9. Clemson 9-4 1,105 6

10. Auburn 9-4 968 10

11. Texas 10-3 966 15

12. Texas Tech 9-4 786 22

13. Wisconsin 9-4 771 24

14. Kansas 12-1 707 7

15. Arizona St. 10-3 631 16

16. BYU 11-2 590 14

17. Virginia Tech 11-3 578 9

18. Tennessee 10-4 509 12

19. South Florida 9-4 496 --

20. Illinois 9-4 483 20

21. Oregon 9-4 366 23

22. Penn St. 9-4 293 --

23. Wake Forest 9-4 227 --

24. Alabama 7-6 89 --

25. Pittsburgh 5-7 85 --

Others receiving votes: South Carolina 84, Fresno St. 83,

California 59, Utah 53, Cincinnati 44, Florida St. 41, Michigan 36,

Boston College 32, Rutgers 32, Michigan St. 21, Boise St. 17,

Arkansas 14, North Carolina 14, Connecticut 10, Tulsa 7, UCLA 6,

Oregon St. 5, Mississippi St. 4, Virginia 4, Arizona 3, Nebraska 2,

Notre Dame 2, Hawaii 1, Washington 1.

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