Unanimous Choice: Ohio State opens at No. 1 in AP preseason Top 25 poll
Matthew Emmons / USA TODAY Sports
Ohio State will begin the upcoming college football season in the same place it finished last season – at the top.
The reigning national champions are No. 1 in the Associated Press 2015-16 Top 25 preseason college poll, garnering all 61 first-place votes. They are the first unanimous selection ever in the AP preseason Top 25.
After last season's snub by the College Football Playoff committee, TCU checks in at No. 2, followed by Alabama, Baylor, and Michigan State.
| Rank | School |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State |
| 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 |
Some familiar schools are notably absent from the first AP rankings of the season.
No Florida, Texas or Nebraska in preseason poll. 1st time since AP began preseason poll (1950) that at least one of those didn't make it.
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) August 23, 2015
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