Georgia will begin its drive for an unprecedented college football championship three-peat as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press preseason Top 25.
The Bulldogs received 60 of 63 first-place votes in the poll released Monday to easily outpoint No. 2 Michigan, which received two first-place votes and has its best preseason ranking since being No. 2 in 1991. The Wolverines’ Big Ten rival, Ohio State, is No. 3 with one first-place vote.
Two more Southeastern Conference teams join Georgia in the top five. Alabama is No. 4, the Crimson Tide’s lowest preseason ranking in more than a decade, and LSU starts at No. 5, its best preseason ranking since 2016.
P Top 25 college football poll
First-place votes in parentheses.
| 1. Georgia (60) |
| 2. Michigan (2) |
| 3. Ohio State (1) |
| 4. Alabama |
| 5. LSU |
| 6. USC |
| 7. Penn State |
| 8. Florida State |
| 9. Clemson |
| 10. Washington |
