Andy Wittry | NCAA.com | August 19, 2021 College football rankings: Alabama is No. 1 in 2021 preseason AP Top 25 poll Preseason AP football poll: Breaking down the first 2021 rankings Share For the 131th week in school history, reigning national champion Alabama is No. 1 in the AP poll, which leads all FBS programs. The top-ranked Crimson Tide is joined by several familiar names atop the preseason AP Top 25 poll. No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Clemson, No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Georgia — each of whom has appeared in the College Football Playoff at least once — round out the top five. Here's the complete preseason AP Top 25 poll. Preseason AP Top 25 Poll RANK school (first-place vOtes) POINTS 2020 RECORD 1 Alabama (47) 1,548 13-0 2 Oklahoma (6) 1,462 9-2 3 Clemson (6) 1,447 10-2 4 Ohio State (1) 1,393 7-1 5 Georgia (3) 1,364 8-2 6 Texas A&M 1,223 9-1 7 Iowa State 1,160 9-3 8 Cincinnati 1,014 9-1 9 Notre Dame 1,009 10-2 10 North Carolina 999 8-4 11 Oregon 968 4-3 12 Wisconsin 743 4-3 13 Florida 728 8-4 14 Miami 663 8-3 15 USC 660 5-1 16 LSU 631 5-5 17 Indiana 549 6-2 18 Iowa 513 6-2 19 Penn State 456 4-5 20 Washington 449 3-1 21 Texas 350 7-3 22 Coastal Carolina 232 11-1 23 Louisiana 208 10-1 24 Utah 176 3-2 25 Arizona State 125 2-2 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 107, Ole Miss 106, TCU 40, Liberty 36, Auburn 32, NC State 14, Michigan 12, Northwestern 8, Boise State 7, Nevada 7, BYU 6, Ball State 6, Houston 5, Boston College 5, UCF 5, West Virginia 3, UAB 2, Army 2, UCLA 2 Most weeks ranked No. 1 Here are the 10 FBS programs that have spent the most weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP poll since 1936, according to collegepollarchive.com. school weeks ranked No. 1 Alabama 131 Ohio State 105 Oklahoma 101 Notre Dame 98 USC 91 Florida State 72 Nebraska 70 Miami (FL) 68 Texas 45 Florida 41 Playoff performers peak in poll Alabama, Oklahoma, Clemson and Ohio State have combined for 20 of the 28 College Football Playoff appearances and six of the seven national championships during the CFP era. Those teams are the top four in the preseason AP poll with Georgia, the national runner-up during the 2017 season, checking in at No. 5. Texas A&M, which went 9-1 last season and finished at No. 5 in the final College Football Playoff rankings, is the highest-ranked team in the preseason AP poll (No. 6) that has never made the playoff. Non-conference and early season matchups to watch No. 3 Clemson and No. 5 Georgia will meet in Charlotte on Saturday, Sept. 4 in a top-five matchup between two College Football Playoff hopefuls. Here are some other non-confernece and early season games to watch between top 25 teams: Sept. 4: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 14 Miami Sept. 4: No. 17 Indiana at No. 18 Iowa Sept. 4: No. 19 Penn State at No. 12 Wisconsin Sept. 4: No. 23 Louisiana at No. 21 Texas Sept. 11: No. 11 Oregon at No. 4 Ohio State Sept. 11: No. 18 Iowa at No. 7 Iowa State Sept. 18: No. 8 Cincinnati at No. 17 Indiana Oct. 2: No. 8 Cincinnati at No. 9 Notre Dame Here's how the 2020 preseason poll turned out Here's how the teams ranked in the 2020 preseason AP Top 25 finished last season. 2020 Preseason rank Team Final record Final 2020 ranking No. 1 Clemson 10-2 No. 3 No. 2 Ohio State 7-1 No. 2 No. 3 Alabama 13-0 No. 1 No. 4 Georgia 8-2 No. 7 No. 5 Oklahoma 9-2 No. 6 No. 6 LSU 5-5 NR No. 7 Penn State 4-5 NR No. 8 Florida 8-4 No. 13 No. 9 Oregon 4-3 NR No. 10 Notre Dame 10-2 No. 5 No. 11 Auburn 6-5 NR No. 12 Wisconsin 4-3 NR No. 13 Texas A&M 9-1 No. 4 No. 14 Texas 7-3 No. 19 No. 15 Oklahoma State 8-3 No. 20 No. 16 Michigan 2-4 NR No. 17 USC 5-1 No. 21 No. 18 North Carolina 8-4 No. 18 No. 19 Minnesota 3-4 NR No. 20 Cincinnati 9-1 No. 8 No. 21 UCF 6-4 NR No. 22 Utah 3-2 NR No. 23 Iowa State 9-3 No. 9 No. 24 Iowa 6-2 No. 16 No. 25 Tennessee 3-7 NR LATEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF: Georgia wins 2021 CFP national title RANKINGS: AP Top 25 Poll | USA Today Coaches | CFP top 25| Every poll, explained | AP Poll accuracy MORE: Longest active road winning streaks | 15 of the most successful walk-ons HISTORY: National champs | Winningest teams | Coaches with most titles 2022 SEC softball bracket: Complete scores, final results Here's the 2022 SEC softball bracket, schedule and TV times for the conference tournament, which is May 10-14 in Gainesville, Fla., at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium READ MORE Texas A&M softball rolls past No. 2 Alabama in five innings Texas A&M won the weekend series against No. 2 Alabama with a 9-1 win in five innings. READ MORE Alabama baseball hands top-ranked Tennessee its second straight loss Alabama baseball’s winning streak moved to a season-long eight games with the victory over No. 1 Tennessee on Friday night. READ MORE