AP's Preseason NCAA Football Poll

AP's first NCAA Football poll come out today, sixteen days after the first coaches poll came out.

Members of the press ranked the University of Southern California, in first place. A move up from the third spot in the coaches poll.

Alabama stayed in the second spot, and Louisiana State University fell to third. The recently announced absence of Tyrann Mathieu from LSU was the main reason for that.

Oklahoma and Oregon filled out the top five. They were followed by Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, South Carolina, and Arkansas. Which made it an exact copy of the coaches poll.

The South Eastern Conference maintained it's status with having two of the top five, and half of the top ten teams. The Pacific Athletic Conference has two of the top five as well.