Alabama tops AP Preseason Top 25 poll; six SEC teams make early ranking

The first AP Preseason Top 25 poll is out, and there really aren’t any surprises here, as Alabama tops the initial release. The only thing that does stick out, quite unlike the Coaches poll, is that Alabama barely received half of all first-place votes (33 of 61).

The SEC leads the field with six teams, the PAC12 fields five, while the ACC and Big 12 each have four.

1. Alabama (33)
2. Clemson (16)
3. Oklahoma (4)
4. Florida State (5)
5. LSU (1)
6. Ohio State (1)
7. Michigan (1)
8. Stanford
9. Tennessee
10. Notre Dame
11. Ole Miss
12. Michigan State
13. TCU
14. Washington
15. Houston
16. UCLA
17. Iowa
18. Georgia
19. Louisville
20. USC
21. Oklahoma State
22. North Carolina
23. Baylor
24. Oregon
25. Florida

Others receiving votes: Miami, Texas A&M, Utah, Washington State, Boise State, San Diego State, Wisconsin, Auburn, Pittsburgh, Arkansas, Texas, Nebraska, Navy, Northwestern, Western Kentucky, South Florida,