BTN.com staff, August 23, 2015
Defending champs Ohio State is the first unanimous preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll in the history of the poll, which dates back to 1950. The Buckeyes got 61 first-place votes from the media panel in the rankings released Sunday.
Michigan State is ranked No. 5 in the AP poll, one spot up from the Spartans' No. 6 ranking in the Coaches' poll.
Wisconsin rounds out the Big Ten teams in the AP poll at No. 20.
Our Summer Football Tour stops in Columbus on Monday with full coverage on BTN Live" at 6 p.m. ET, and BTN's Tom Dienhart lists all of the things he'll be looking for at practice. Remember: Episode 2 of BTN's Original series "Scarlet & Gray Days: Inside Ohio State Training Camp:" airs Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.
Episode 1 is now available on BTN2Go – watch the whole show right here.
Check out the Top 25 AP poll.
AP Rankings | |||
Rankings as of 8/23/2015 | |||
Rank | School | Votes | Prev |
1 | Ohio State (0-0) | 1525 (61) | NR |
2 | TCU (0-0) | 1428 | NR |
3 | Alabama (0-0) | 1322 | NR |
4 | Baylor (0-0) | 1263 | NR |
5 | Michigan State (0-0) | 1256 | NR |
6 | Auburn (0-0) | 1192 | NR |
7 | Oregon (0-0) | 1156 | NR |
8 | USC (0-0) | 1085 | NR |
9 | Georgia (0-0) | 991 | NR |
10 | Florida State (0-0) | 959 | NR |
11 | Notre Dame (0-0) | 873 | NR |
12 | Clemson (0-0) | 862 | NR |
13 | UCLA (0-0) | 698 | NR |
14 | LSU (0-0) | 675 | NR |
15 | Arizona State (0-0) | 605 | NR |
16 | Georgia Tech (0-0) | 588 | NR |
17 | Ole Miss (0-0) | 563 | NR |
18 | Arkansas (0-0) | 410 | NR |
19 | Oklahoma (0-0) | 394 | NR |
20 | Wisconsin (0-0) | 393 | NR |
21 | Stanford (0-0) | 347 | NR |
22 | Arizona (0-0) | 311 | NR |
23 | Boise State (0-0) | 240 | NR |
24 | Missouri (0-0) | 219 | NR |
25 | Tennessee (0-0) | 114 | NR |