Associated Press releases Preseason Top 25 in College Football

The Associated Press released its preseason top 25 Sunday and South Carolina, Georgia, and Clemson are ranked among the elite in college football. The Gamecocks open the 2014 season ranked ninth in the country. Georgia kicks off the season ranked 12th. The Clemson Tigers are ranked 16th in the first AP poll of the season. Defending national champion Florida State starts the season as the No. 1 ranked team in the country. Here is the complete AP preseason top 25:
1. Florida State
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. Oklahoma
5. Ohio State
6. Auburn
7. UCLA
8. Michigan State
9. South Carolina
10. Baylor
11. Stanford
12. Georgia
13. LSU
14. Wisconsin
15. Southern California (USC)
16. Clemson
17. Notre Dame
18. Ole Miss
19. Arizona State
20. Kansas State
21. Texas A&M
22. Nebraska
23. North Carolina
24. Missouri
25. Washington