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Preseason Rankings: Here’s when the Associated Press will release the first CFB poll of 2019
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Fans won’t have much time to debate the preseason rankings before the start of the college football season this year.
The Associated Press announced on Sunday that it will release its first poll of the 2019 season on Monday, Aug. 19 at noon ET. That date comes just a few days before Week 0 officially begins the year.
OK, fans! The preseason AP Top 25 college football poll will be released at noon Eastern on Aug. 19.
The preseason All-America team will be released 24 hours later.
Here is last season's final poll: https://t.co/i4mS0ndsqs pic.twitter.com/FIi9zAmH1I
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) July 28, 2019
Miami (FL) and Florida will start the year with a head-to-head meeting in Orlando at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN on Saturday, Aug. 21. The weekend ends with an Arizona-Hawai’i matchup, with kickoff scheduled for 10:30 p.m. ET. That game will air on CBSSN.
Official rankings may not be released for a few weeks, but we already know which teams will occupy the top two spots: Clemson and Alabama. How the rest of the poll shakes out should be interesting, as well.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB