Keith Sargeant, who covers Rutgers athletics for NJ Advance Media, is one of 61 voters nationwide and New Jersey's lone voter in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll. Every week he will publish his ballot on NJ.com. Here is his preseason ballot for the preseason AP Top 25 (which is due to be released Aug. 21).
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops returns 13 starters, including 1,349-yard rusher Samaje Perine and 3,700-yard passer Baker Mayfield, from a team that finished 11-2 and lost in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff last season.