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2015 Preseason AP Football Poll

Conference Breakdown

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Arkansas makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/4/2012 poll (48 polls)
- Tennessee makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/9/2012 poll (47 polls)
- USC makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 9/7/2014 poll (14 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's Top 5 streak reaches 10
- Kansas State's Top 25 streak ends at 17
- Mississipppi State's Top 25 streak ends at 13
- TCU's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- UCLA's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Season Streaks:
- Clemson's season streak reaches 5
- LSU's preseason poll streak reaches 15
- Nebraska's preseason poll streak ends at 6
- Notre Dame's season streak reaches 5

Total Appearances:
- Arkansas reaches 410 appearances
- Arizona State reaches 280 appearances
- Baylor ties Houston and Mississippi State for #46
- Michigan State reaches 360 appearances
- Missouri reaches 250 appearances
- Stanford reaches 260 appearances

Miscellaneous:
- Ohio State is the first team in the history of the preseason AP poll (1950-present) to be a unanimous #1
- Conferences with Multiple Teams in Preseason AP Top 5
- Total appearances in the preseason AP poll 1950-2015
- Longest active appearance streaks in the preseason AP poll
- The AP preseason #1 has finished #1 15.4% of the time (10 out of 65 seasons), last in 2004 (USC)
- AP preseason poll position the eventual champion came from:

#1: 10
#2-5: 22
#6-10: 16
#11-25: 11
NR: 6
Avg: 6.5

- Here's the final rank breakdown of the AP preseason #1:

#1: 10
#2-5: 29
#6-10: 12
#11-25: 8
NR: 6
Avg: 5.4

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.