Finally Seminoles' Season? // Florida State No. 1 in AP Poll; Alabama 2nd, Michigan 3rd

For the third time in six years, Florida State is the preseasonpick to win college football's national championship.

The Seminoles, who have never won the national title despite sixconsecutive finishes in the top four, are a clear-cut No. 1 in TheAssociated Press poll.

Florida State, which also started out No. 1 in 1988 and 1991,received 42 of 62 first-place votes and 1,522 of a possible 1,550points in the nationwide survey of sports writers and broadcasters.The Seminoles also are No. 1 in the USA Today-CNN coaches' poll.

"Why me?" coach Bobby Bowden said. "It definitely puts morepressure on you when you're No. 1. It means everybody's out to …