The Nebraska football team ranks eleventh in the USA Today preseason Top 25 coaches poll. The Huskers are one of five Big Ten teams to rank in the poll, behind only Wisconsin, who is tenth. Ohio State is ranked 16th, with Michigan State one spot behind them at 17, and Penn State rounding out the poll at 25. Iowa, Northwestern, and Michigan also received votes. Oklahoma, Alabama, Oregon, LSU, and Florida State comprise the top five, followed by Stanford, Boise State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin. Nebraska ended the 2010 season ranked 19th after a 10-4 record and a Holiday Bowl loss to Washington. Their eight-spot jump in the preseason poll is exceed only by a nine-spot leap by Alabama from eleventh to second, and an eleven-spot jump by Florida State from 16th to fifth.