Football Ranked 13th in Preseason AP Top 25

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M Football opens the 2020 season ranked 13th in the first edition of The Associated Press Top 25.
 
Monday's poll marks the second-straight season that the Maroon & White have garnered a preseason ranking from the AP and the highest since being ranked No. 7 heading into the 2013 season.
 
Texas A&M is one of seven SEC teams and the highest ranked Texas team in the preseason poll. The Aggies are scheduled to take on five teams in the preseason poll this season; No. 3 Alabama, No. 6 LSU, No. 8 Florida, No. 11 Auburn and No. 25 Tennessee.
 
The Associated Press began its college football poll on Oct. 19, 1936, and it is the longest-running poll of those that award national titles at the end of the season. The preseason poll was started in 1950. A panel of 62 sports writers and broadcasters from around the country votes on the poll weekly.
 
Texas A&M opens the 2020 season against Vanderbilt on September 26 at Kyle Field.


 2020 AP Preseason Top 25

1. Clemson (38)
2. * Ohio State (21)
3. Alabama  (2)
4. Georgia 
5. Oklahoma 
6. LSU (1)
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

* Indicates team canceled their games for the season.

Others receiving votes: Memphis 86, Virginia Tech 85, Boise State 68, Arizona State 66, Miami (FL) 42, Louisville 32, Appalachian State 26, Washington 21, Kentucky 20, Indiana 19, Baylor 15, California 11, TCU 9, Virginia 7, Navy 6, Florida State 6, SMU 3, Mississippi State 3, Air Force 3, Northwestern 1, UAB 1.