The official preseason AP Top 25 Poll was released for the 2020 college football season on Monday.
Though some expected the poll to omit teams from the Pac-12, Big Ten, Mountain West and Mid-American, the four FBS leagues that have canceled the fall football season, teams from conferences that canceled were included in the rankings with an asterisk.
As a result, the Florida Gators weren’t able to sneak into the top five as some predicted, instead appearing in the initial poll ranked No. 8 in the nation.
They’re the fourth-highest ranked SEC team out of seven that appear in the top 25, behind Alabama, Georgia and LSU but ahead of Auburn, Texas A&M and Tennessee.
✅ Four teams in the Top 10
✅ Six teams in the Top 15
✅ Seven teams in the Top 25 pic.twitter.com/1doB6jUEw1— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) August 24, 2020
Here’s the full top 25. Teams with an asterisk have canceled the fall season.
- Clemson
- Ohio State*
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- Penn State*
- Florida
- Oregon*
- Notre Dame
- Auburn
- Wisconsin*
- Texas A&M
- Texas
- Oklahoma State
- Michigan*
- USC*
- North Carolina
- Minnesota*
- Cincinnati
- UCF
- Utah*
- Iowa State
- Iowa*
- Tennessee
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