The first edition of the Associated Press top 25 will pretend that the college football season is proceeding as normal.
The AP said Friday that it was pushing its annual preseason poll back to Aug. 24. That’s not a surprise. With teams waiting until mid-to-late September to start their seasons, it didn’t make sense for the AP to release the poll any earlier than necessary.
What may be surprising, however, is just who will be in that top 25. It can and will include teams from the Big Ten and Pac-12 and other conferences that said they wouldn’t play football in the fall of 2020.