21.   Texas offensive tackle Blake Brockermeyer looks forward to a season that, if preseason polls prove correct, will end with the Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl.

22.   That is why preseason polls serve only to create unfair pecking orders among undefeated teams, and the concept of the Heisman race is just foolish.

23.   The Arizona Wildcats began the season touted as the best college basketball team in the nation in practically every preseason poll and publication.

24.   The Bruins are ranked as high as fourth in preseason polls.

25.   The Bruins were picked to finish no better than fourth in virtually every preseason poll or magazine, something they say has motivated them.

26.   The Associated Press preseason poll will be released Sunday.

27.   The Atlantic Coast Conference continues to be the strongest in the country, with Virginia, Duke and Maryland included in the top five in preseason polls.

28.   The Cornhuskers, ranked fourth in the nation in preseason polls, play Louisiana Tech today in the Eddie Robinson Classic.

29.   The metaphor is perfect, since the Frogs are also moving into new digs in the national preseason polls these days, too.

30.   The preseason writers poll ranks USC seventh, and the coaches poll ranks USC sixth.