Ohio State and Oregon lead the AP Top 25 preseason college football rankings, followed by Georgia, Notre Dame and Texas. The SEC leads conferences with nine ranked teams.

The Associated Press released its preseason top 25 college football rankings Monday, setting off the usual discussion around favorites, snubs and surprises. With the season just over a week away, here’s everything you need to know: The Big Ten has won the last three national championships,

Last fall, Texas was preseason No. 1 for the first time in program history before stumbling in the opener at Ohio State and finishing 10-3 overall. Still, preseason rankings provi

The first AP Top 25 Poll of the 2026 season was released on Monday, featuring Texas A&M ranked inside the top 10, after finishing last season with an 11-2 record and an appearance in the first round of the College Football Playoff.

College football's preseason AP Top 25 poll released on Aug. 17. How does it compare to the US LBM Coaches Poll? We point out notable differences:

The Big Ten occupied the top-two spots and the SEC claimed five of the top 10. Half the FBS wasn’t represented.

From Texas sitting too low at No. 5 to USC looking highly overrated at No. 14, we break down the biggest misses in the preseason Associated Press poll

Bill Bender is the 2025 president of the Football Writers Association of America. He graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and ...

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