The voting was super close at the top of the AP Preseason Top 25. No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Penn State are separated by a mere five points.

After the coaches tabbed the Longhorns as the nation's top team last week, Texas was voted as the No. 1 team in the first AP Poll of the campaign released Monday. Since 2000, only USC and Alabama have won the national championship after starting the season ranked first.

Texas' No. 1 AP preseason ranking is a first for the Longhorns and their highest to start the season since being No. 2 in 2009, the last time they played for a national title.