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No. 1 Alabama tops preseason AP Top 25; Ohio St, ‘Dawgs next

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Alabama is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 for the second straight season. That is also the ninth time overall, second most in poll history. The Crimson Tide received 54 of 63 first-place votes. Ohio State is No. 2 with six first-place votes. Defending national champion Georgia is third with three first-place votes. Clemson is No. 4 and Notre Dame rounds out the top five. The Tide’s preseason No. 1 ranking is the seventh in 15 years. Since the preseason rankings started in 1950, only Oklahoma has been No. 1 in the initial poll more than Alabama.

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv
1. Alabama (54) 0-0 1566 2
2. Ohio St. (6) 0-0 1506 6
3. Georgia (3) 0-0 1455 1
4. Clemson 0-0 1292 14
5. Notre Dame 0-0 1242 8
6. Texas A&M 0-0 1212
7. Utah 0-0 1209 12
8. Michigan 0-0 1203 3
9. Oklahoma 0-0 956 10
10. Baylor 0-0 884 5
11. Oregon 0-0 831 22
12. Oklahoma St. 0-0 814 7
13. NC State 0-0 752 20
14. Southern Cal 0-0 711
15. Michigan St. 0-0 631 9
16. Miami 0-0 476
17. Pittsburgh 0-0 383 13
18. Wisconsin 0-0 365
19. Arkansas 0-0 348 21
20. Kentucky 0-0 332 18
21. Mississippi 0-0 324 11
22. Wake Forest 0-0 303 15
23. Cincinnati 0-0 265 4
24. Houston 0-0 263 17
25. BYU 0-0 234 19

Others receiving votes: Tennessee 180, Texas 164, Iowa 163, Penn St. 160, LSU 55, Fresno St. 32, Minnesota 31, UCF 27, Purdue 17, Mississippi St. 15, Auburn 15, Florida 14, Kansas St. 14, North Carolina 9, Boise St. 5, Air Force 4, Appalachian St. 4, South Carolina 2, UCLA 2, San Diego St. 2, Utah St. 2, Nebraska 1.

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