After spending the last seven months as the No. 1 team in the nation, Ohio State will begin the 2025 season ranked a little lower. The preseason Associated Press poll was released Monday and media members voted the defending champion Buckeyes as the No.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the defending champion of the college football world, but that earned them only so much respect in the first AP Poll entering this season. After finishing 14-2 and beating Texas and Penn State last year,

The preseason AP Poll shows James Franklin and Penn State Football a little more love than the Coaches Poll did last week