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.

Preseason rankings for 2025 college football campaign are both out. Did the US LBM Coaches Poll or AP Poll get the Florida Gators in the right spot?

It's pretty rare that there's ever a serious race for No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll. Even if there's a debate, it's typically settled long before ballots are cast. Over the last 20 seasons, the difference in first-place votes between No.