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2023 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Georgia (60) SEC 0-0 1572 *1 DNP
2 < 3 Michigan (2) Big Ten 0-0 1490 2 DNP
3 < 4 Ohio State (1) Big Ten 0-0 1400 *4 DNP
4 < 5 Alabama SEC 0-0 1398 *3 DNP
5 < 16 LSU SEC 0-0 1276 5 DNP
6 < 12 USC Pac-12 0-0 1245 6 DNP
7 < 7 Penn State Big Ten 0-0 1177 7 DNP
8 < 11 Florida State ACC 0-0 1147 8 DNP
9 < 13 Clemson ACC 0-0 1032 9 DNP
10 < 8 Washington Pac-12 0-0 977 11 DNP
11 < 25 Texas Big 12 0-0 882 12 DNP
12 < 6 Tennessee SEC 0-0 868 10 DNP
13 < 18 Notre Dame Ind 0-0 863 13 DNP
14 < 10 Utah Pac-12 0-0 811 14 DNP
15 < 15 Oregon Pac-12 0-0 732 15 DNP
16 < 14 Kansas State Big 12 0-0 501 17 DNP
17 < 2 TCU Big 12 0-0 416 16 DNP
18 < 17 Oregon State Pac-12 0-0 406 18 DNP
19 < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 0-0 386 21 DNP
20 < NR Oklahoma Big 12 0-0 296 19 DNP
21 < NR North Carolina ACC 0-0 292 20 DNP
22 < NR Mississippi SEC 0-0 281 22 DNP
23 < NR Texas A&M SEC 0-0 227 25 DNP
24 < 9 Tulane AAC 0-0 224 23 DNP
25 < NR Iowa Big Ten 0-0 131 RV DNP
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 101 24 DNP
RV < 23 South Carolina SEC 73 RV DNP
RV < 21 UCLA Pac-12 66 RV DNP
RV < NR UTSA CUSA 64 RV DNP
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 22 RV DNP
RV < NR Boise State MWC 17 RV DNP
RV < 22 Pittsburgh ACC 16 RV DNP
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 14 RV DNP
RV < 19 Troy Sun Belt 10 RV DNP
RV < NR Kansas Big 12 10 RV DNP
RV < NR Louisville ACC 10 NR DNP
RV < NR Auburn SEC 7 RV DNP
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 6 RV DNP
RV < 20 Mississippi State SEC 4 RV DNP
RV < NR Duke ACC 4 RV DNP
RV < NR Florida SEC 4 RV DNP
RV < NR Toledo MAC 4 RV DNP
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 3 RV DNP
RV < NR Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 3 NR DNP
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 3 RV DNP
RV < NR James Madison Sun Belt 1 RV DNP
RV < NR Liberty CUSA 1 NR DNP
RV < NR NC State ACC 1 RV DNP
RV < NR South Alabama Sun Belt 1 RV DNP
NR < 24 Fresno State MWC 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Air Force MWC 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Arizona Pac-12 0 RV DNP
NR < NR BYU Ind 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Houston AAC 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Maryland Big Ten 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Memphis AAC 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Miami (FL) ACC 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Missouri SEC 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 0 RV DNP
NR < NR SMU AAC 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Washington State Pac-12 0 RV DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 11.2 5622
Big Ten 5 11.2 4584
Pac-12 5 12.6 4171
Big 12 4 16.0 2095
ACC 3 12.7 2471
Ind 1 13.0 863
AAC 1 24.0 224

Milestones

Last Appearances

  • Florida State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/5/2017 poll (98 polls)
  • Iowa makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2021 poll (16 polls)
  • LSU makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2019 poll (51 polls)
  • Oklahoma makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/25/2022 poll (11 polls)
  • Texas A&M makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/25/2022 poll (11 polls)
  • Wisconsin makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/6/2022 poll (14 polls)

Season Streaks

  • Kansas State's season streak reaches 5
  • Ohio State's preseason streak reaches 35
  • Oklahoma's season streak reaches 25
  • Texas A&M's preseason poll streak reaches 5
  • Utah's season streak reaches 10 and preseason streak reaches 5

Weekly Streaks

  • Clemson's Top 25 streak reaches 20
  • Tennessee's Top 10 streak ends at 12
  • Tulane's Top 25 streak reaches 10
  • UCLA's Top 25 streak ends at 11

Total Appearances

  • LSU reaches 650 appearances (#10)
  • North Carolina reaches 270 appearances (#36)
  • Tulane ties two others for #71

Preseason Appearances

Teams
  • Alabama:
    • Lowest rank since #5 in 2009
    • Last time without a FPV was 2015
    • Top 5 streak reaches 15 (most of any team)
  • Clemson:
    • Top 5 streak ends at seven
    • Top 10 streak reaches eight
    • Lowest rank since #12 in 2015
  • Florida State:
    • First appearance since #19 in 2018
    • Highest rank since #3 in 2017
  • Georgia:
    • Top 5 streak reaches six
    • Second #1 (2008)
  • Kansas State:
    • First appearance since #20 in 2017
    • Highest rank since #13 in 2004
  • LSU's highest rank since #5 in 2016
  • Michigan:
    • Highest rank since #2 in 1991 (has been ranked #1 in 1981 and 1989)
    • Last time with a FPV was 2016
  • Mississippi reaches 20 appearances (#28)
  • Notre Dame:
    • Reaches 60 appearances (#4)
    • Top 25 streak reaches six (all in Top 13)
    • Lowest rank since NR in 2017
  • Ohio State:
    • Top 5 streak reaches seven
    • Top 10 streak reaches 11
    • 70th appearance out of 74 polls (most of any team)
    • 35th straight appearance (most of any team)
  • Oklahoma:
    • Lowest rank since NR in 1999
    • Top 10 streak ends at seven
    • Top 25 streak reaches 24
  • Oregon:
    • Reaches 20 appearances (#28)
    • Top 25 streak reaches six
    • Lowest rank since #24 in 2018
  • Oregon State:
    • First appearance since #25 in 2013
    • Highest rank since #11 in 2001
  • TCU's first appearance since #16 in 2018
  • Tennessee's highest rank since #9 in 2016
  • Texas' highest rank since #9 in 2016
  • Texas A&M Top 25 streak reaches five
  • Tulane makes first ever appearance
  • USC's highest rank since #4 in 2017
  • Utah Top 25 streak reaches five
  • Washington's highest rank since #6 in 2018
  • Wisconsin Top 25 streak reaches five
Conferences
  • ACC: Last time with no teams in the Top 5 was 2015
  • American: Eighth straight year with at least one ranked team (since 2016)
  • Big 12:
    • Last time with no teams in the Top 10 was 2013
    • Last time Oklahoma wasn’t the highest ranked team was 2015 (#2 TCU)
    • Last time with four teams ranked was 2020 (also four)
  • Big Ten:
    • Last time with two or more teams in the Top 5 was 2015 (#1 Ohio State, #5 Michigan State)
    • Last time with two teams in the Top 3 was 1961 (#1 Iowa, #2 Ohio State); last time that happened in any conference was last year (#1 Alabama, #3 Georgia)
    • Last time with three teams in the Top 10 was 2018 (#4 Wisconsin, #5 Ohio State, #10 Penn State)
    • Last time Michigan was the highest ranked team was 2012 (#8)
  • Conference USA: Last team ranked was #25 TCU in 2003
  • MAC: Last team ranked was #19 Marshall in 2002
  • Mountain West: Last team ranked was #22 Boise State in 2018
  • Pac-12:
    • Last time a team was ranked as high as #6 was Washington in 2018 (also #6)
    • Last time with two or more teams in the Top 10 was 2017 (#4 USC, #8 Washington)
  • SEC: First time with 3 teams ranked in the Top 5; Only second conference to do so (Big 12 in 2001: #3 Oklahoma, #4 Nebraska, #5 Texas); Independents also did this in 1990 (#1 Miami, #2 Notre Dame, #4 Florida State)
  • Sun Belt: 2021 was only time any team was ranked (#22 Coastal Carolina, #23 Louisiana)

Preseason #1 teams by current conference (first-last):

  • 18 - SEC (1951-2023)
  • 13 - Big Ten (1958-2015)
  • 6 - ACC (1993-2020)
  • 4 - Big 12 (1996-2011)
  • 1 - Pac-12 (2012)

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.
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