College football rankings: 2021 Preseason AP Top 25

Here is how the preseason AP Top 25 Poll looks ahead of the 2021 college football season.

With the 2021 college football season rapidly approaching, let’s take a look at which teams cracked the preseason AP Top 25 Poll.

The USA Today Coaches Poll was released last week. The top five in the Coaches Poll were as follows: Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Georgia. While one can argue about the order, most college football fans have those five programs situated in the top five. However, the AP Poll is what we lean on before the College Football Playoff rankings come out later on in the season.

Here is what the preseason AP Top 25 Poll looked like after it was released at 12:00 p.m. ET.

College Football Rankings: Preseason AP Top 25 Poll prediction

1. Alabama Crimson Tide
2. Oklahoma Sooners
3. Clemson Tigers
4. Ohio State Buckeyes
5. Georgia Bulldogs
6. Texas A&M Aggies
7. Iowa State Cyclones
8. Cincinnati Bearcats
9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
10. North Carolina Tar Heels
11. Oregon Ducks
12. Wisconsin Badgers
13. Florida Gators
14. Miami Hurricanes
15. USC Trojans
16. LSU Tigers
17. Indiana Hoosiers
18. Iowa Hawkeyes
19. Penn State Nittany Lions
20. Washington Huskies
21. Texas Longhorns
22. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
23. Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
24. Utah Utes
25. Arizona State Sun Devils

Alabama, Oklahoma, Clemson, Ohio State and Georgia are teams No. 1 through No. 5 in that order. Rounding out the top 10 teams are as follows: Texas A&M, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Notre Dame and North Carolina. Oregon, Wisconsin, Florida, Miami and USC are your teams ranked No. 11 through No. 15. The teams ranked No. 16 to 20 are LSU, Indiana, Iowa, Penn State and Washington.

Rounding out the top 25 are Texas, Coastal Carolina, Louisiana, Utah and Arizona State. Overall, you can see a few interesting things from these rankings. Cincinnati coming in at No. 8 is the highest ranked Group of Five team. Having Utah and Arizona State round out the top 25 over programs who just missed out like Ole Miss and Oklahoma State is another discussion point.

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