Football Opens Season at No. 19

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August 7, 1998

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia Cavaliers have been tabbed the 1998 preseason No. 19 team in the ESPN/USA Today poll.

The Cavs are one of three ACC teams to be ranked in the poll with Florida State being ranked second and North Carolina taking the No. 11 spot.

Here’s a full look at the poll.

1998 ESPN/USA Preseason Poll

    TEAM (NO. 1  VOTES) '97 REC.    POINTS   1. Ohio State (31)       10-3      1,465   2. Florida St. (10)      11-1      1,447    3. Nebraska (12)         13-0      1,372    4. Florida (1)           10-2      1,346    5. Michigan (4)          12-0      1,309    6. Kansas St. (1)        11-1      1,205    7. UCLA (3)              12-0      1,139    8. LSU                    9-3      1,062    9. Arizona St.            9-3        993   10. Tennessee             11-2        934   11. North Carolina        11-1        778   12. West Virginia          7-5        738   13. Penn State             9-3        72514. Syracuse               9-4        662   15. Texas A&M              9-4        600   16. Colorado St.          11-2        543   17. Washington             8-4        506   18. Georgia               10-2        448   19. Virginia               7-4        427   20. Wisconsin              8-5        344   21. So. Mississippi        9-3        271   22. Auburn                10-3        222   23. Michigan St.           7-5        211   24. Notre Dame             7-6        206   25. Arizona                7-5        180   

Others receiving votes: Texas (173), Southern California (101), Colorado (80), Georgia Tech (79), Missouri (71), Purdue (66), Brigham Young (64), Oklahoma State (57), Miami, Fla. (42), Mississippi (42), Washington State (41), Iowa (37), Virginia Tech (37), Alabama (25), Utah (22), Clemson (17), Mississippi State (14), Tulane (10), Louisiana Tech (9), Marshall (8), Cincinnati (6), Bowling Green (5), Kentucky (4), Air Force (3), Oregon (3), Duke (1)