AP Top 25, college football
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Joel Klatt makes his picks for the teams that could be this season’s Indiana, Arizona State or SMU and surprise everyone by making the College Football Playoff.
The Longhorns received 25 first-place votes and 1,552 points in the rankings released Monday to edge past No. 2 Penn State in the closest preseason vote since 1998. The Nittany Lions have their best preseason ranking since they started No. 1 in 1997. Penn State received 23 first-place votes and 1,547 points.
Greg McElroy Names Historic College Football Program That Was 'Disrespected' originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Following Monday's reveal of the preseason AP Poll, fans and analysts have been all over social media attempting to determine what the voters got wrong.
The Big Ten conference has six teams listed in the first AP poll of 2025. Here's how they should fare in the regular season.