In closest preseason vote since 1998, Texas edges out Penn State to claim top spot in AP 25 college football poll. Here are the complete rankings.

Rece Davis Reveals His AP Preseason Top 25 Ballot For 2025 Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Last season, Miami got to enjoy Cam Ward’s fifth year, which he earned due to the NCAA’s 2020-season eligibility rules. Miami’s now replacing Ward with Georgia transfer Carson Beck, which means QB shrugs for both the No. 5 Dawgs and No. 10 Canes. (Beck is himself a millionth-year senior, because this era’s not quite done yet.)

The first PFF top 25 poll is out, and it arrives not long after the Coaches Poll and the official preseason AP Poll. It has some incredibly shocking changes, though.

It's been nearly seven full years since the West Virginia Mountaineers were ranked inside the AP Top 25, which gives them the second-longest drought of any Power Four team in college football behind only Rutgers.

The Associated Press Top 25 poll is out. Let the sorting out process begin. Only two first-place votes and five points separate No. 1 Texas

The Oklahoma Sooners enter the 2025 season in Vannini’s top 25, led by QB John Mateer and RB Jaydn Ott in the SEC.

When the preseason AP poll dropped last week, the Baylor Bears were left just outside of the top-25. They received the 28th most votes, but they and Auburn will