In the preseason AP Top 25 Poll, the Auburn Tigers come in at No. 11.
Released Monday, the AP Top 25 Poll is committed to releasing a weekly ranking system of the top teams in the country despite this year’s abnormal format.
Despite the cancellation of fall sports in the Pac-12 and Big Ten, among other conferences, AP poll voters named some teams without a schedule to the Top 25.
According to Michael Giarusso, AP’s global sports editor, this was done more as a service to the fans and a tribute to what could have been had the original football season progressed.
With the switch to a 10-game conference-only schedule, the Tigers will face five teams currently ranked in the Top 25, with home games against No. 6 LSU, No. 25 Tennessee and No. 13 Texas A&M, and away games at No. 4 Georgia and No. 3 Alabama.
The full preseason AP Top 25 Poll is listed below:
1. Clemson
2. Ohio State
3. Alabama
4. Georgia
5. Oklahoma
6. LSU
7. Penn State
8. Florida
9. Oregon
10. Notre Dame
11. Auburn
12. Wisconsin
13. Texas A&M
14. Texas
15. Oklahoma State
16. Michigan
17. USC
18. North Carolina
19. Minnesota
20. Cincinnati
21. UCF
22. Utah
23. Iowa State
24. Iowa
25. Tennessee
As of now, Ohio State, Penn State and Oregon are all ranked ahead of Auburn but will not be playing in the fall.
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