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Bob AsmussenChampaign News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)
E-mail: rasmusse@news-gazette.com
Twitter: @BobAsmussen
About: Bob Asmussen is in his 25th year at The Champaign News-Gazette. He became the Illinois football beat writer in 1996. Asmussen has also covered men's and women's basketball, volleyball and wrestling. He has won numerous national and state awards for his writing. Married to a fellow reporter, Asmussen has a son and a daughter. They live in Champaign.


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Aug 17, 2014Pre-Season Rankings for Bob Asmussen
1Florida State (57)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 57 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Drew Sharp
1496
Points
2Oregon (1)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 9 - Logan Lowery
1334
Points
3Ohio State
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Logan Lowery
1207
Points
4Alabama (1)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Drew Sharp
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1361
Points
5Oklahoma (1)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 11 - Eric Hansen
1324
Points
6Michigan State
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Logan Lowery
Lowest: 16 - Drew Sharp
1080
Points
7Auburn
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Jon Wilner
1198
Points
8UCLA
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - Charles Davis
Lowest: 16 - Logan Lowery
1106
Points
9Baylor
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Chadd Cripe
966
Points
10Georgia
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 4 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
843
Points
11Stanford
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 2 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: 18 - Scott Wolf
885
Points
12LSU
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Doug Doughty
776
Points
13South Carolina
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Jon Wilner
1015
Points

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14Texas A&M
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
238
Points
15Wisconsin
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
637
Points
16Notre Dame
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Jimmy Burch
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
445
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17North Carolina
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
194
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18Florida
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 15 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
87
Points
19Clemson
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
536
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20Texas Tech
0-0Actual: 37
Highest: 20 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
19
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21USC
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: NR - Charles Davis
626
Points
22Ole Miss
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
424
Points
23Nebraska
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
226
Points
24Texas
0-0Actual: 28
Highest: 20 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
86
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25Michigan
0-0Actual: 37
Highest: 17 - Seth Emerson
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
19
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Arizona State20-Kansas State24-Missouri25-Washington