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College football will make its triumphant return in a little over three weeks, meaning preseason polls and rankings are beginning to take shape. On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated released its top 25.
As you might expect, the same five B1G teams that have received all the preseason hype were the same teams to find a spot in Sports Illustrated’s preseason poll. All five teams were ranked in the top 15 spots.
Wisconsin led the way, sitting in the No. 3 spot. The Badgers also made the cover of SI Magazine.
Penn State (No. 7) and Ohio State (No. 9) rounded out the top 10 for B1G teams. Michigan State and Michigan were the other two B1G programs to earn a spot in the SI poll.
Here is the complete preseason ranking from SI:
- Clemson
- Alabama
- Wisconsin
- Washington
- Oklahoma
- Georgia
- Penn State
- Auburn
- Ohio State
- West Virginia
- Michigan State
- Stanford
- Miami
- TCU
- Michigan
- Notre Dame
- UCF
- Florida State
- Arizona
- Houston
- Mississippi State
- Texas
- LSU
- NC State
- FAU
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