The first AP Top 25 Poll of the college football season was released on Monday morning and there wasn’t much of a surprise.
The top five teams in the AP Poll were the same as the USA Today Coaches Poll, which was released one week ago. Georgia begins their quest for a third straight title as No. 1 after receiving 60 of the 63 possible first place votes.
Michigan came in at ranked behind the Bulldogs. The only difference in the top five from the AP poll to the Coaches Poll was that Ohio State is ranked third in the AP poll, ahead of Alabama. LSU comes in at No. 5 to round out the top five.
Six teams from the SEC are included in the initial AP Poll – the most of any conference. Tennessee (No. 10), Ole Miss (No. 22) and Texas A&M (No. 25) are the other three teams representing the SEC.
[autotag]Arkansas[/autotag] is effectively the No. 30 team in the AP Poll, receiving 22 votes. They were behind UTSA (64 votes), UCLA (66 votes), South Carolina (73 votes) and Texas Tech (101 votes).
The AP Poll will be released each Sunday at 1:00 p.m. CT during the regular season.