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2017 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 2 Alabama (52) SEC 0-0 1513 *1 DNP
2 < 6 Ohio State (3) Big Ten 0-0 1414 *2 DNP
3 < 8 Florida State (4) ACC 0-0 1396 *3 DNP
4 < 3 USC (2) Pac-12 0-0 1325 4 DNP
5 < 1 Clemson ACC 0-0 1201 *5 DNP
6 < 7 Penn State Big Ten 0-0 1196 6 DNP
7 < 5 Oklahoma Big 12 0-0 1170 8 DNP
8 < 4 Washington Pac-12 0-0 1150 7 DNP
9 < 9 Wisconsin Big Ten 0-0 926 10 DNP
10 < 11 Oklahoma State Big 12 0-0 889 11 DNP
11 < 10 Michigan Big Ten 0-0 881 9 DNP
12 < 24 Auburn SEC 0-0 880 13 DNP
13 < 13 LSU SEC 0-0 784 12 DNP
14 < 12 Stanford Pac-12 0-0 695 14 DNP
15 < NR Georgia SEC 0-0 690 15 DNP
16 < 21 Louisville ACC 0-0 629 17 DNP
17 < 14 Florida SEC 0-0 624 16 DNP
18 < 20 Miami (FL) ACC 0-0 492 18 DNP
19 < 19 South Florida AAC 0-0 327 21 DNP
20 < NR Kansas State Big 12 0-0 317 19 DNP
21 < 16 Virginia Tech ACC 0-0 240 22 DNP
22 < 18 West Virginia Big 12 0-0 207 20 DNP
23 < NR Texas Big 12 0-0 173 23 DNP
24 < NR Washington State Pac-12 0-0 133 RV DNP
25 < 22 Tennessee SEC 0-0 114 24 DNP
RV < NR TCU Big 12 0-0 98 RV DNP
RV < 23 Utah Pac-12 0-0 85 25 DNP
RV < NR Notre Dame Ind 0-0 65 RV DNP
RV < NR Boise State MWC 0-0 37 RV DNP
RV < NR NC State ACC 0-0 26 RV DNP
RV < NR Northwestern Big Ten 0-0 25 RV DNP
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 0-0 23 RV DNP
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 0-0 21 RV DNP
RV < NR Houston AAC 0-0 19 RV DNP
RV < 17 Colorado Pac-12 0-0 18 RV DNP
RV < 25 San Diego State MWC 0-0 9 RV DNP
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 0-0 9 RV DNP
RV < NR BYU Ind 0-0 5 RV DNP
RV < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 0-0 4 RV DNP
RV < NR Nebraska Big Ten 0-0 4 RV DNP
RV < NR Tulsa AAC 0-0 4 RV DNP
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 0-0 3 NR DNP
RV < NR Texas A&M SEC 0-0 3 RV DNP
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 0-0 1 RV DNP
NR < 15 Western Michigan MAC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Arizona Pac-12 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Arkansas SEC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Army Ind 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Colorado State MWC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Georgia Tech ACC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Iowa Big Ten 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Louisiana Tech CUSA 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Maryland Big Ten 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Memphis AAC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Minnesota Big Ten 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Mississippi State SEC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR North Carolina ACC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Syracuse ACC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Temple AAC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Toledo MAC 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Troy Sun Belt 0-0 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Wyoming MWC 0-0 0 RV DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 13.8 4605
ACC 5 12.6 3958
Big 12 5 16.4 2756
Big Ten 4 7.0 4417
Pac-12 4 12.5 3303
AAC 1 19.0 327

Milestones

AP Top 25 Preseason Poll Notes

Last Appearances:
- Florida State makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 9/11/2016 poll (13 polls)
- Georgia makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/25/2016 poll (11 polls)
- Kansas State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2014 poll (32 polls)
- Texas makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/25/2016 poll (11 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- LSU's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Michigan's Top 10 streak ends at 16
- Western Michigan's Top 25 streak ends at 10

Season Streaks:
- Alabama's #1 streak reaches 10
- Alabama's preseason streak reaches 10
- Oregon's preseason poll streak ends at 9

Total Appearances:
- Alabama reaches 760 appearances
- Louisville ties Boise State for #59
- Oklahoma reaches 799 appearances
- Penn State reaches 600 appearances
- South Florida reaches 30 appearances and ties Yale for #90
- Tennessee reaches 580 appearances
- Washington ties Arkansas for #19

Miscellaneous:
- The state of Florida has four teams ranked in the Top 25 for the second time (final 2016 poll is the other). This is only the third time that a state has had four teams ranked in the preseason poll. The others were 1958 (Texas) and 1952 (California).
- According to my records, #3 Florida State will be just the fourth Top 5 team in a season opener for the #1 team, and the highest ranked.

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.