According to ESPN, the AP began keeping a poll for college football in 1936, but did not introduce the preseason rankings until 1950. Since then no team had received more than 97 percent of the first-place votes in a preseason poll.
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The SEC tied its own record of eight teams in the poll, which was originally set in 2011 and occurred last preseason as well.
Florida State is No. 10 in the Associated Press preseason poll.
The reigning national champions, the Buckeyes enter the season with nearly all their top contributors back on both sides of the ball and are being projected by many to repeat as the national champs in the second season of the College Football Playoff.
Boise State was the only Group of Five team to crack the Top 25, ranking at No. 23. Being No. 1 in the preseason isn’t always a good thing.
The impact of the AP poll has diminished since the introduction of last year’s playoff. Notre Dame 8-5 873 NR 12. Oklahoma has the second longest current streak at 16 years. It was sort of a big deal. The 42-20 victory over the Ducks silenced any critics that felt Ohio State should have been passed over for TCU or Baylor in the final selections. And after No. 3 Alabama, Baylor was fourth.
After Miller injured his shoulder prior to last season, Barrett started 12 games at quarterback before he fractured his ankle against Michigan. Michigan State, 6. Auburn, 7.
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No. 22 Arizona is ranked in the preseason for the first time since 1999. Arizona State, 17. Clemson, 18.
