It's pretty rare that there's ever a serious race for No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll. Even if there's a debate, it's typically settled long before ballots are cast. Over the last 20 seasons, the difference in first-place votes between No. 1 and 2 has been within 10 ballots only twice.

As the start of the 2025 college football season creeps closer and closer, the results of the Associated Press Preseason Poll were released, giving us a good id