Georgia Voted No. 1 in AP College Football Preseason Top 25

Georgia also tops the AP College Football Preseason Top 25 list.

A week after the Bulldogs were voted No. 1 in the coaches’ poll, Georgia was also voted by voters in the AP poll as the best team in the country heading into the 2024 season. The Bulldogs earned 46 first-place votes and are ahead of Ohio State, Oregon, Texas and Alabama.

The Buckeyes earned 15 first-place votes and Oregon earned one. No other team earned a first-place vote.

Notre Dame and Florida State are the only two teams in the top 10 that aren’t members of the Big Ten or SEC. Ole Miss is ranked No. 6, ahead of the Fighting Irish, and Penn State is ranked No. 8, ahead of the defending national champion Michigan Wolverines and FSU at No. 10.

Much like the coaches poll, the first AP poll of the season is filled with teams from power conferences and Notre Dame. There are no teams from Group of Five conferences in the top 25, and Boise State is the best team outside of power conferences among teams also receiving votes.

The similarities go even further. The top 11 teams in each poll are exactly the same, right down to the order of appearance, and the polls are populated with the same 25 teams. The first difference in rankings between the polls is at No. 12. Utah is there in the AP poll, while LSU is there in the coaches’ poll.

Since the polls have the same 25 teams, that means there are nine SEC teams in the top 25, while the Big Ten has six teams in the top 25. The Utes are one of five Big 12 teams in the poll and there are three other ACC teams in the top 25 along with Florida State.

AP Preseason Top 25

1. Georgia

2. State of Ohio

3. Oregon

4. Texas

5. Alabama

6. Ole Miss

7. Notre Dame

8. State of Pennsylvania

9. Michigan

10. State of Florida

11. Missouri

12. Utah

13. Louisiana State University

14. Clemson

15. Tennessee

16. Oklahoma

17. State of Oklahoma

18. State of Kansas

19. Miami

20. Texas A&M University

21. Arizona

22. Kansas

23. University of Southern California

24. State of North Carolina

25. Iowa