US EditionAP Top 25: Michigan Back in the College Football Rankings to Open 2025
UNITED STATES, AUG 11 – Texas earned 25 first-place votes and 1,552 points, narrowly beating Penn State in the closest AP preseason poll vote since 1998.
- Monday, the Associated Press unveiled the preseason Top 25 poll, and Michigan Wolverines football team opened the 2025 campaign inside the top 15, marking its fourth straight appearance.
- The preseason AP Top 25 poll was voted on by over 60 journalists covering college football for AP-member news organizations, and released for the 2025 season.
- In July, Cleveland.com league reporters projected Michigan Wolverines football team to finish fifth in the Big Ten, behind Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon, and Illinois.
- Reinforcing its conference stature, Michigan's fourth straight top-15 start underscores Michigan Wolverines football team's ongoing dominance and sets high expectations for future performance against Ohio State.
- On August 23rd, the 2025-26 college football regular season begins with five games, including Kansas State Wildcats vs Iowa State Cyclones, as the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket returns for a second year.
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