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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 23, 2015Pre-Season Rankings for Bob Asmussen
1Ohio State (61)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters
1525
Points
2TCU
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 45 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Mitch Vingle
1428
Points
3Baylor
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Eric Hansen
1263
Points
4Alabama
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1322
Points
5USC
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - Garland Gillen
Lowest: 17 - Ed Johnson
1085
Points
6Auburn
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Sam McKewon
1192
Points
7Michigan State
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1256
Points
8Notre Dame
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Chadd Cripe
873
Points

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9Ole Miss
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 5 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
563
Points
10Georgia
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Joey Knight
991
Points
11Oregon
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Sam McKewon
1156
Points
12Florida State
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: 22 - Mitch Vingle
959
Points
13UCLA
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Joey Knight
Lowest: NR - Matt McCoy
698
Points
14Arizona State
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - Kirk Bohls
605
Points
15LSU
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 2 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - Kirk Bohls
675
Points
16Clemson
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
862
Points
17Oklahoma
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 5 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
394
Points
18Georgia Tech
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - Nathan Deen
Lowest: 24 - Sam McKewon
588
Points

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19Texas A&M
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 12 - Ed Johnson
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
61
Points
20Arkansas
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 8 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
410
Points
21Wisconsin
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 10 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
393
Points
22Stanford
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 8 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
347
Points
23Boise State
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
240
Points
24Missouri
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
219
Points

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25Florida
0-0Actual: 36
Highest: 23 - Matt McCoy
Lowest: NR - 59 Voters
4
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Arizona25-Tennessee