Preseason AP Top 25 College Football Poll Released

The Georgia Bulldogs will start the 2024 college football season as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, according to the Associated Press ' Preseason Top 25 College Football Poll released on Monday (August 12).

Georgia won back-to-back College Football Playoff National Championships in 2021 and 2022 before being snubbed by the College Football Playoff committee last December. The Bulldogs finished the 2023 season with a 13-1 (8-0) record, which included a blowout win against Florida State in the Orange Bowl, and the No. 4 ranking in the final AP poll.

The top 5 also includes perennial contender Ohio State at No. 2, followed by Oregon, entering its first season in the Big Ten Conference; Texas, entering its first season in the Southeastern Conference; and Alabama, entering its first season without seven-time national champion head coach Nick Saban , who announced his retirement in January.

The full Associated Press Preseason Top 25 College Football Poll is listed below:

1. Georgia (SEC)
2. Ohio State (Big Ten)
3. Oregon (Big Ten)
4. Texas (SEC)
5. Alabama (SEC)
6. Ole Miss (SEC)
7. Notre Dame (IA Independents)
8. Penn State (Big Ten)
9. Michigan (Big Ten)
10. Florida State (ACC)
11. Missouri (SEC)
12. Utah (Big 12)
13. LSU (SEC)
14. Clemson (ACC)
15. Tennessee (SEC)
16. Oklahoma (SEC)
17. Oklahoma State (Big 12)
18. Kansas State (Big 12)
19. Miami (FL) (ACC)
20. Texas A&M (SEC)
21. Arizona (Big 12)
22. Kansas (Big 12)
23. USC (Big Ten)
24. North Carolina State (ACC)
25. Iowa (Big Ten)