Brett McMurphy unveils his preseason Top 25
The preseason rankings are almost here. Next Monday, the first Associated Press poll will be released, giving every college football fan something to argue about for the following two weeks.
College football insider Brett McMurphy casted his ballot recently and opted to share his preseason rankings with everyone.
Wednesday, McMurphy tweeted out his top 25 rankings, which had Alabama and Clemson sitting in the top two spots. He also had five B1G teams in the top 25.
AP preseason poll will be released Monday. Here is my AP ballot*
Bama Clem Wisc Wash OhioSt UGA OU Stan MichSt PennSt Aub Mich USC ND WVU Miami MissSt UF FSU BC TCU Boise Utah Texas FAU
*Every fan base except Bama will hate my rankings
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 15, 2018
Like most media, McMurphy has the five B1G schools tabbed in the top 15 spots. Wisconsin is leading the charge for the conference, coming in at No. 3.
In case that’s a little hard to decipher, here’s McMurphy’s ballot cleared up:
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Wisconsin
- Washington
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- Stanford
- Michigan State
- Penn State
- Auburn
- Michigan
- USC
- Notre Dame
- West Virginia
- Miami
- Mississippi State
- Florida
- Florida State
- Boston College
- TCU
- Boise State
- Utah
- Texas
- FAU