Ohio State is the unanimous preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll.
The defending national champion Buckeyes received all 61 first-place votes from the media panel in the rankings released Sunday.
TCU is No. 2, followed by Alabama, Baylor and Michigan State. The rest of this year’s preseason top 10 is Auburn, Oregon, Southern California, Georgia and Florida State.
(###) Number of first place votes
1 Ohio State
Ohio State (61)
Big Ten
Record: 0-0
PV Rank
–
Points
1,525
2 TCU
TCU
Big 12
Record: 0-0
–
1,428
3 Alabama
Alabama
SEC
Record: 0-0
–
1,322
4 Baylor
Baylor
Big 12
Record: 0-0
–
1,263
5 Michigan State
Michigan State
Big Ten
Record: 0-0
–
1,256
6 Auburn
Auburn
SEC
Record: 0-0
–
1,192
7 Oregon
Oregon
Pac-12
Record: 0-0
–
1,156
8 USC
USC
Pac-12
Record: 0-0
–
1,085
9 Georgia
Georgia
SEC
Record: 0-0
–
991
10 Florida State
Florida State
ACC
Record: 0-0
–
959
11 Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Division I FBS Independents
Record: 0-0
–
873
12 Clemson
Clemson
ACC
Record: 0-0
–
862
13 UCLA
UCLA
Pac-12
Record: 0-0
–
698
14 LSU
LSU
SEC
Record: 0-0
–
675
15 Arizona State
Arizona State
Pac-12
Record: 0-0
–
605
16 Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
ACC
Record: 0-0
–
588
17 Mississippi
Mississippi
SEC
Record: 0-0
–
563
18 Arkansas
Arkansas
SEC
Record: 0-0
–
410
19 Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Big 12
Record: 0-0
–
394
20 Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Big Ten
Record: 0-0
–
393
21 Stanford
Stanford
Pac-12
Record: 0-0
–
347
22 Arizona
Arizona
Pac-12
Record: 0-0
–
311
23 Boise State
Boise State
Mountain West
Record: 0-0
–
240
24 Missouri
Missouri
SEC
Record: 0-0
–
219
25 Tennessee
Tennessee
SEC
Record: 0-0
–
114
Others Receiving Votes:
Mississippi State 100; Texas A&M 61; Oklahoma State 46; Virginia Tech 42; Utah 36; Penn State 20; Louisville 12; Cincinnati 8; Nebraska 6; Kansas State 5; NC State 4; Florida 4; Texas 3; Michigan 2; Northern Illinois 2; Brigham Young 2; West Virginia 1; California 1; Western Kentucky 1
