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Ohio State unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25, 8 SEC teams ranked
The Associated Press released its preseason Top 25 on Sunday, and though no one was wondering whether Ohio State would be ranked No. 1, it is nevertheless impressive how many first-place votes were cast for the Buckeyes.
In the end, the answer was: all of them. Urban Meyer's team became the first-ever unanimous preseason AP No. 1, with all 61 voters placing the Buckeyes first on their ballots. In 66 years of the AP's preseason balloting dating back to 1950, no team had ever received more than 97 percent of the first-place votes.
TCU, Alabama, Baylor and Michigan State rounded out the top five. Those rankings mark the highest-ever preseason ranking for all three of the Horned Frogs, Bears and Spartans.
The complete 2015 preseason AP Top 25:
1. Ohio State (61)
2. TCU
3. Alabama
4. Baylor
5. Michigan State
6. Auburn
7. Oregon
8. USC
9. Georgia
10. Florida State
11. Notre Dame
12. Clemson
13. UCLA
14. LSU
15. Arizona State
16. Georgia Tech
17. Ole Miss
18. Arkansas
19. Oklahoma
20. Wisconsin
21. Stanford
22. Arizona
23. Boise State
24. Missouri
25. Tennessee
In the Also Receiving Votes category: 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, Florida 4, NC State 4, Texas 3, BYU 2, Michigan 2, Northern Illinois 2, Cal 1, Western Kentucky 1, West Virginia 1.
As with the preseason Coaches Poll, the SEC saw more teams included than any other conference, with six members in the top 18, eight in the poll overall, and 11 of the league's 14 teams receiving at least one vote. The Pac-12 placed six teams in the Top 25, with no other conference having more than three teams included.
In the end, the answer was: all of them. Urban Meyer's team became the first-ever unanimous preseason AP No. 1, with all 61 voters placing the Buckeyes first on their ballots. In 66 years of the AP's preseason balloting dating back to 1950, no team had ever received more than 97 percent of the first-place votes.
TCU, Alabama, Baylor and Michigan State rounded out the top five. Those rankings mark the highest-ever preseason ranking for all three of the Horned Frogs, Bears and Spartans.
The complete 2015 preseason AP Top 25:
1. Ohio State (61)
2. TCU
3. Alabama
4. Baylor
5. Michigan State
6. Auburn
7. Oregon
8. USC
9. Georgia
10. Florida State
11. Notre Dame
12. Clemson
13. UCLA
14. LSU
15. Arizona State
16. Georgia Tech
17. Ole Miss
18. Arkansas
19. Oklahoma
20. Wisconsin
21. Stanford
22. Arizona
23. Boise State
24. Missouri
25. Tennessee
In the Also Receiving Votes category: 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, Florida 4, NC State 4, Texas 3, BYU 2, Michigan 2, Northern Illinois 2, Cal 1, Western Kentucky 1, West Virginia 1.
As with the preseason Coaches Poll, the SEC saw more teams included than any other conference, with six members in the top 18, eight in the poll overall, and 11 of the league's 14 teams receiving at least one vote. The Pac-12 placed six teams in the Top 25, with no other conference having more than three teams included.
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