The Associated Press Top 25 poll has been released and, as Cincinnati fans have become accustomed too, there is little love heading the Bearcats' way as they sit outside the Top 25.
The Preseason Associated Press Top 25 Poll is an interesting talking point, but really has little value after that. After all, it is a poll ranking teams before they have even faced off against an opposing team. There is no preseason, there is no exhibition game, we are quite literally looking at a list of teams based on pure speculation.
Leading that list of promise and speculation is the usual suspect heading into this 2015 season, Ohio State, taking the unanimous distinction as the number one team in the poll.