College Football Top 25 AP Preseason Poll: Why the SEC received ZERO first place votes

On Monday morning, the AP revealed the College Football preseason top 25 poll. While Ohio State and Oregon started off the list, Andy & Ari dive into the rest of the list and the 1st place vote getters. For the first time since 2015, the SEC did not receive a single first place vote in the AP Preseason Poll. Is this the right way? Andy & Ari dissect the list here.

 

(0:00) On Today’s Episode

(1:04) Presenting Sponsor

(2:53) Intro: AP Preseason Poll

(4:11) AP Poll Deep Dive

(7:38) Big Ten at the top

(10:28) Returning Production - a look at the 2025 preseason poll

(12:24) Top 10 to Unranked?

(21:31) Teams by conference

(22:03) GameTime

(23:36) Texas - ZERO first place votes?

(31:50) Polymarket CFB Odds

(33:20) Revisiting Texas

(36:39) Unranked to the College Football Playoff?

(47:59) Clemson - Unranked

(1:00:24) Thanks for watching!

 

Once Andy & Ari wrap up the discussion swirling the overall top 25 list, the fellas dive deeper into the Texas Longhorns. As Andy & Ari both had the Longhorns as their #1 team, the voters in the AP Poll didn’t give Texas one first place vote. Is this warranted for the Horns? Watch as Andy & Ari dive deep into the Longhorns ahead of their 3rd season in the SEC.

 

Next up, the fellas discuss which teams could go from unranked in the preseason to the College Football Playoff field. Which teams are top on the list? Andy explains why Florida and Auburn could be in the mix.

 

To close, the fellas head down to Clemson, where Dabo Swinney's Tigers do not find themselves on the AP Preseason Poll for the first time since 2011. Is this alarming for Clemson? Andy & Ari dive in

 

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