Ohio State ranked No. 1 in preseason AP media poll

Ohio State will enter the season as the top-ranked team in both major polls.

The Associated Press preseason rankings, released today, made the Buckeyes an even more decisive No. 1 team than the coaches poll released earlier this month.

Ohio State received 40 first-place votes among the 69 media members participating in the AP poll. In the coaches poll, OSU got 38 of the 72 first-place votes.

Oregon and Georgia are right behind Ohio State in the AP poll, as they are in the coaches poll. Notre Dame is No. 4 in the AP poll and Texas No. 5. The Fighting Irish and Texas are flip-flopped in the coaches poll.

The Big Ten has the top two teams in the preseason poll for the first time in 65 years. Not since the Big Eight’s Nebraska and Oklahoma were ranked atop the AP poll in 1987 has a conference had the No. 1 and 2 teams in the preseason rankings.

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