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The 2025 college football preseason Associated Press Poll was released Monday.
10 schools from the Southeastern Conference are ranked in the AP Poll preseason top 25: Texas (1), Georgia (5), Alabama (8), LSU (9), South Carolina (13), Florida (15), Oklahoma (18), Texas A&M (19), Ole Miss (21) and Tennessee (24).
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Missouri and Auburn are also receiving votes in the SEC.
The 2025 college football season will kick off Aug. 23 with Week 0 games. Iowa State and Kansas State will open regular-season contests in Dublin, Ireland (noon EDT, ESPN).
Ahead of the regular season, Warren Nolan released record projections for FBS teams. Nolan Analytics projects Tennessee to lose its first game in 2025 on Sept. 13 versus Georgia at Neyland Stadium.
More: Predicting every loss for SEC football teams in 2025
Below is the preseason AP Poll and when each ranked team is projected to lose its first game during the 2025 regular season. Ohio State , Georgia and Notre Dame are projected to be undefeated ahead of postseason play.
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Predicting when every AP Poll preseason top 25 ranked team will lose first game in 2025
| Rank |
Team |
First loss |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Texas |
Aug. 30 at Ohio State |
| 2 |
Penn State |
Nov. 1 at Ohio State |
| 3 |
Ohio State |
None |
| 4 |
Clemson |
Nov. 14 at Louisville |
| 5 |
Georgia |
None |
| 6 |
Notre Dame |
None |
| 7 |
Oregon |
Sept. 27 at Penn State |
| 8 |
Alabama |
Sept. 27 at Georgia |
| 9 |
LSU |
Aug. 30 at Clemson |
| 10 |
Miami (FL) |
Aug. 31 vs. Notre Dame |
| 11 |
Arizona State |
Oct. 11 at Utah |
| 12 |
Illinois |
Sept. 6 at Duke |
| 13 |
South Carolina |
Sept. 20 at Missouri |
| 14 |
Michigan |
Nov. 29 vs. Ohio State |
| 15 |
Florida |
Sept. 13 at LSU |
| 16 |
SMU |
Oct. 18 at Clemson |
| 17 |
Kansas State |
Nov. 22 at Utah |
| 18 |
Oklahoma |
Sept. 6 vs. Michigan |
| 19 |
Texas A&M |
Sept. 13 at Notre Dame |
| 20 |
Indiana |
Sept. 27 at Iowa |
| 21 |
Ole Miss |
Oct. 18 at Georgia |
| 22 |
Iowa State |
Aug. 23 vs. Kansas State |
| 23 |
Texas Tech |
Sept. 20 at Utah |
| 24 |
Tennessee |
Sept. 13 vs. Georgia |
| 25 |
Boise State |
Oct. 4 at Notre Dame |
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