AP Top 25 Poll Preseason Prediction: 2025 College Football Rankings

It could be Alabama up top, or Ohio State, or Penn State, or Georgia, or ... Texas.

Here's the call/guess. Texas has been close over the last few years, most AP voters probably can't name the starting quarterbacks for most of the top ten teams, and the combination of Arch Manning hype, plus the talent returning, plus ...

Yeah, we're guessing here.

How close were we last year predictions the preseason AP Top 25? We nailed Georgia (1), Ohio State (2), Alabama (5), Ole Miss (6), and Notre Dame (7), and. flip-flopped Oregon (3) and Texas (4). Everything else was a scramble, but at least we got all 25 teams right. (Don't expect the same magic this time around, but ...)

Below isn't the actual 2025 Preseason AP Top 25 Poll. It's our prediction of what this might be, and we'll probably change it in August.

Top Predicted Also Receiving Votes: USC, Florida State, Iowa, Louisville, Texas Tech, Navy, Washington, Minnesota, Georgia Tech

25 Boise State

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 28, Final: 8

24 Iowa State

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: T29, Final: 15

23 Indiana

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: NR, Final: 10

22 Oklahoma

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 16, Final: NR

21 Kansas State

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 18, Final: 30

20 Florida

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: NR, Final: 33

19 SMU

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: T29, Final: 12

18 Missouri

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 11, Final: 22

17 Arizona State

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: NR, Final: 7

16 South Carolina

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: NR, Final: 19

15 Ole Miss

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 6, Final: 11

14 Tennessee

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 15, Final: 9

13 Texas A&M

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 20, Final: 35

12 Illinois

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: NR, Final: 16

11 Michigan

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 9, Final: 29

10 Miami

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 19, Final: 18

9 LSU

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 13, Final: 27

8 Clemson

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 14, Final: 14

7 Oregon

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 3, Final: 3

6 Notre Dame

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 7, Final: 2

5 Georgia

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 1, Final: 6

4 Penn State

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 8, Final: 5

3 Ohio State

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 2, Final: 1

2 Alabama

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 5, Final: 17

1 Texas

2024 AP Preseason Ranking: 4, Final: 4

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