The Texas Longhorns enter the 2025 season as the top team in the country. Led by Steve Sarkisian, the SEC newcomer looks to make waves with an expanded College Football Playoff

Texas opens the 2025 college football season as the No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 for the first time in program history.

There have been regular AP top 25 college football rankings dating back to 1936, but the preseason poll is a newer innovation, first appearing in 1950. Then as

The Longhorns received 25 first-place votes and 1,552 points in the rankings released Monday to edge past No. 2 Penn State in the closest preseason vote since 1998. The Nittany Lions have their best preseason ranking since they started No. 1 in 1997. Penn State received 23 first-place votes and 1,547 points.

The AP Top 25 Rankings will be released on Monday, giving college football fans their first look at the teams expected to compete at the forefront of the sport and for a national championship.

Paul Finebaum Takes Shot at $25 Million College Football Roster originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The 2025 college football season is quickly approaching, and the Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll was revealed on Monday. It quickly drew a number of interesting reactions from the sport's top analysts, including Paul Finebaum of ESPN.

The Associated Press Top 25 poll is out. Let the sorting out process begin. Only two first-place votes and five points separate No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Penn State.