The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2008 records.
1. Florida (58) 13-1
2. Texas (2) 12-1
3. Oklahoma 12-2
4. Southern Cal 12-1
5. Alabama 12-2
6. Ohio St. 10-3
7. Virginia Tech 10-4
8. Mississippi 9-4
9. Oklahoma St. 9-4
9. Penn St. 11-2
11. LSU 8-5
12. California 9-4
13. Georgia 10-3
14. Boise St. 12-1
15. Georgia Tech 9-4
16. Oregon 10-3
17. TCU 11-2
18. Florida St. 9-4
19. Utah 13-0
20. BYU 10-3
21. North Carolina 8-5
22. Iowa 9-4
23. Notre Dame 7-6
24. Nebraska 9-4
25. Kansas 8-5
Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 122, Illinois 105, Pittsburgh 103, Michigan St. 100, Rutgers 83, Texas Tech 76, West Virginia 57, Cincinnati 44, Clemson 42, Miami 40, East Carolina 30, Tennessee 15, Arizona 13, N.C. State 10, Boston College 9, Auburn 7, Cent. Michigan 7, UCLA 7, Northwestern 5, Missouri 3, South Florida 3, Southern Miss. 3, Vanderbilt 3, South Carolina 2, Arkansas 1, Houston 1, Nevada 1, Troy 1, Tulsa 1.
