BTN.com staff, BTN.com staff, August 17, 2014
The Associated Press preseason college football poll was released Sunday afternoon, and four Big Ten teams are ranked. Ohio State and Michigan State are both ranked in the Top 10, as the Buckeyes appear at No. 5, while the Spartans are ranked No. 8. Wisconsin (No. 14) and Nebraska (No. 22) also are ranked.
[ MORE: Four Big Ten teams ranked in preseason Coaches Poll ]
See the full AP Poll in this post.
| AP Rankings | |||
| Rankings as of 8/17/2014 | |||
| Rank | School | Votes | Prev Rank |
| 1 | Florida State (0-0) | 1496 (57) | NR |
| 2 | Alabama (0-0) | 1361 (1) | NR |
| 3 | Oregon (0-0) | 1334 (1) | NR |
| 4 | Oklahoma (0-0) | 1324 (1) | NR |
| 5 | Ohio State (0-0) | 1207 | NR |
| 6 | Auburn (0-0) | 1198 | NR |
| 7 | UCLA (0-0) | 1106 | NR |
| 8 | Michigan State (0-0) | 1080 | NR |
| 9 | South Carolina (0-0) | 1015 | NR |
| 10 | Baylor (0-0) | 966 | NR |
| 11 | Stanford (0-0) | 885 | NR |
| 12 | Georgia (0-0) | 843 | NR |
| 13 | LSU (0-0) | 776 | NR |
| 14 | Wisconsin (0-0) | 637 | NR |
| 15 | USC (0-0) | 626 | NR |
| 16 | Clemson (0-0) | 536 | NR |
| 17 | Notre Dame (0-0) | 445 | NR |
| 18 | Ole Miss (0-0) | 424 | NR |
| 19 | Arizona State (0-0) | 357 | NR |
| 20 | Kansas State (0-0) | 242 | NR |
| 21 | Texas A&M (0-0) | 238 | NR |
| 22 | Nebraska (0-0) | 226 | NR |
| 23 | North Carolina (0-0) | 194 | NR |
| 24 | Missouri (0-0) | 134 | NR |
| 25 | Washington (0-0) | 130 | NR |
Others: UCF (94) , Florida (87) , Texas (86) , Duke (71) , Iowa (68) , Louisville (48) , Marshall (41) , Oklahoma State (37) , Virginia Tech (26) , TCU (23) , Mississippi State (22) , Michigan (19) , Texas Tech (19) , Miami (FL) (16) , Cincinnati (15) , Oregon State (10) , Boise State (10) , Northwestern (8) , BYU (8) , Penn State (5) , Vanderbilt (2) , Navy (2) , Nevada (1) , Louisiana (1) , Utah State (1)
BTN Twitter reaction:
In AP poll, Michigan State is too low; Wisconsin is too high; and Iowa is nowhere to be found. Shameful.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) August 17, 2014
MSU returns more starters than OSU. Beat OSU in the B1G Title Game. Won bowl game, while OSU lost theirs. Ranked below them in the AP Poll??
— Sean Merriman (@MerrimanTweets) August 17, 2014
