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2026 AP Poll Reveals College Football’s New Power | Odessa News
The 2026 AP Top 25 preseason poll drops today, spotlighting Ohio State as the early favorite to win it all—back for the first time since 2015. Despite last year’s Big Ten Championship loss to Indiana and a playoff exit in the Cotton Bowl, the Buckeyes still carry the best odds at plus six hundred. With key players moving on to the pros and teams rebuilding, this year’s rankings hinge on who steps up—and how the voting system, now fully digital and automated, tallies those picks. The AP has been ranking college football’s top teams since 1936, making this annual countdown one of the sport’s…
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