Georgia is ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college football poll. This year is the “second straight year as the super conference era begins with the SEC and Big Ten dominating the top 10 of the rankings.”
The Top 25 was released Monday. The Bulldogs received “46 first-place votes and 1,532 points.” As reported, “the SEC powerhouse finished comfortably ahead of No. 2 Ohio State (15 first-place votes and 1,490 points) of the Big Ten.”
Some background information on the rankings discloses that new Big Ten member “Oregon is No. 3, receiving one first-place vote from the panel of 62 media members who cover college football. Texas, which joins Georgia in the Southeastern Conference this season, is fourth.”
The Big Ten and SEC each have four teams in the top 10.
Realignments in conferences have reduced “the Power Five to the Power Four, with the Pac-12 whittled to just two schools. The Big Ten now has 18 schools. The Atlantic Coast Conference has 17 football teams, and the SEC and Big 12 each have 16.” As reported, all “the movement created an unprecedented preseason poll with just four conferences represented: The SEC leads with nine ranked teams. The Big Ten has six, the Big 12 has five and the ACC has four.”
