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.

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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)

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