Mizzou Snubbed in AP Top 25 College Football Preseason Rankings originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Eli Drinkwitz and the Missouri Tigers football program enter this fall on the heels of back-to-back 10-plus win seasons. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to convince voters they belong among the top teams in the nation.

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Texas will open the 2025 college football season as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25. The Longhorns already claimed the top spot in the Coaches Poll, garnering eight more first-place votes than Ohio State. This is the first time they're first in the preseason AP poll.