Today we released our annual preseason poll to determine team rankings for the upcoming season. For full transparency, we are including each contributor who submitted a top 36 below.
As a refresher, the methodology is as follows: Each contributor who wanted to participate submitted their top 36 teams for the 2025 season. Lists were submitted privately and no discussion was allowed beforehand to be able to produce as unbiased and as accurate a ranking as possible. We then assigned a numerical value to each place, with each editor’s first-place team earning 36 points, second place taking 35 points and so on through No. 36. Each team’s points were then added up to determine the overall order.
The overall top 36, point totals, and the number of first-place votes where applicable, as well as additional teams that earned points but did not make the top 36, can be found here.
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| 1. Oklahoma | 7. Michigan State | 13. Georgia | 19. N.C. State | 25. Illinois | 31. Iowa State |
| 2. LSU | 8. Denver | 14. Arkansas | 20. Oregon State | 26. Towson | 32. Boise State |
| 3. Florida | 9. Michigan | 15. Missouri | 21. Penn State | 27. Clemson | 33. BYU |
| 4. California | 10. Alabama | 16. Stanford | 22. Arizona State | 28. Iowa | 34. Washington |
| 5. Utah | 11. Auburn | 17. Ohio State | 23. Arizona | 29. Kent State | 35. San Jose State |
| 6. UCLA | 12…. |
