1. Texas

 2. Penn State

 3. Ohio State

 4. Clemson

 5. Georgia

 6. Notre Dame

 7. Oregon

 8. Alabama

 9. LSU

10. Miami (FL)

11. Arizona State

12. Illinois

13. South Carolina

14. Michigan

15. Florida

16. SMU

17. Kansas State

18. Oklahoma

19. Texas A&M

20. Indiana

21. Ole Miss

22. Iowa State

23. Texas Tech

24. Tennessee

25. Boise State

The SEC leads all conferences with 10 teams making the preseason AP Top 25:

Texas (1)

Georgia (5)

Alabama (8)

LSU (9)

South Carolina (13)

Florida (15)

Oklahoma (18)

Texas A&M (19)

 Mississippi (21)

 Tennessee (24)

The Big Ten has the second most teams ranked, with six breaking into the top 25:

Penn State (2)

Ohio State (3)

Oregon (7)

Illinois (12)

Michigan (14)

Indiana (20)

The Big 12 finished with four schools in the rankings:

Arizona State (11)

Kansas State (17)

Iowa State (22)

Texas Tech (23)

The ACC had three schools in the rankings:

Clemson (4)

Miami (10)

SMU (16) 

Notre Dame (6) is the lone independent

Boise State (25) from Mountain West round out the AP preseason Top 25.