Below is the preseason AP Poll and when each ranked team is projected to lose its first game during the 2025 regular season. Ohio State, Georgia and Notre Dame are projected to be undefeated ahead of postseason play. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).

With Monday's AP Poll Top 25 release -- the first ahead of the 2025 season -- Texas made more history ahead of a highly anticipated campaign. The Longhorns came in at No. 1, earning 25 of the 64 first-place votes,

Texas will open the 2025 college football season as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25. The Longhorns already claimed the top spot in the Coaches Poll, garnering eight more first-place votes than Ohio State. This is the first time they're first in the preseason AP poll.