Football Briefs

New college rankings for the 2001 football
season. ESPN/USA TODAY TOP 25 SOURCE: ESPN/USA Today
Coaches Poll Original graphic by SEAN WATERS/Daily Bruin Senior
Staff Web adaptation by MIKE OUYANG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff

Bruins ranked No. 15 in new coaches poll

The UCLA Bruin football team, which finished the 2000 season
unranked with a 6-6 record, opened this season at No. 15 in the
preseason ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches poll.

Along with UCLA, three other Pac-10 teams made it into the
rankings: No. 7 Oregon, No. 11 Oregon St. and No. 14
Washington.

The Bruins are scheduled to play five preseason top 25 teams,
including No. 21 Ohio St. and No. 25 Alabama.

Compiled from Daily Bruin wire reports.