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The first PFF top 25 poll is out, and it arrives not long after the Coaches Poll and the official preseason AP Poll. It has some incredibly shocking changes, though.

College football fans have plenty to look forward to with a packed schedule of exciting matchups before September even starts

Rece Davis Has Unexpected Team at No. 1 in His Preseason AP Top 25 Ballot originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Texas received 25 first-place votes and 1,552 points to give the Southeastern Conference the preseason No. 1 team for a record fifth straight year. The Nittany Lions got 23 first-place votes and 1,547 points for their highest preseason ranking since they were No. 1 to open the 1997 season.

In closest preseason vote since 1998, Texas edges out Penn State to claim top spot in AP 25 college football poll. Here are the complete rankings.

Last season, Miami got to enjoy Cam Ward’s fifth year, which he earned due to the NCAA’s 2020-season eligibility rules. Miami’s now replacing Ward with Georgia transfer Carson Beck, which means QB shrugs for both the No. 5 Dawgs and No. 10 Canes. (Beck is himself a millionth-year senior, because this era’s not quite done yet.)

It's been nearly seven full years since the West Virginia Mountaineers were ranked inside the AP Top 25, which gives them the second-longest drought of any Power Four team in college football behind only Rutgers.