AP voter reveals Top 25 day before preseason poll is released
On Monday, we take one more step to get closer to the start of the college football season. The preseason Associated Press poll will be released with less than two weeks until the start of the season.
You don’t have to wait until Monday to see how one writer voted, though. Stadium’s Brett McMurphy is giving fans a quick look at his submitted Top 25 for the AP poll.
McMurphy included five B1G teams in his Top 25, putting Ohio State at No. 2. He also included Penn State in the Top 10, landing in the No. 8 spot.
Here’s a look at McMurphy’s complete Top 25:
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Georgia
- Clemson
- Texas A&M
- Iowa State
- Penn State
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Notre Dame
- Wisconsin
- Texas
- Cincinnati
- Utah
- Miami
- Florida
- USC
- LSU
- Arizona State
- Washington
- Iowa
- Oklahoma State
- Liberty
- Indiana
My @AP_Top25 ballot. Poll released Monday noon ET
1-Bama
2-OhioSt
3-OU
4-UGA
5-Clemson
6-A&M
7-IowaSt
8-PennSt
9-UNC
10-Oregon
11-NDame
12-Wisconsin
13-Texas
14-Cincinnati
15-Utah
16-Miami
17-Florida
18-USC
19-LSU
20-ArizSt
21-Washington
22-Iowa
23-OklaSt
24-Liberty
25-Indiana— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 15, 2021
Those votes are quite a bit different than what we saw from the USA Today Coaches Poll last week. You can view that Top 25 here.
Where will each team officially fall? We’ll find out on Monday.