The preseason AP Top 25 is expected to confirm what the preseason Coaches poll did a week ago. The first blockbuster matchup of the 2025 college football season should pit No. 1 versus No. 2. Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns were the top program in the Coaches poll. The Ohio State Buckeyes were right behind them at No. 2.

At the AP, my job was to administer the poll, so I knew that as a first-time voter I'd be undertaking a challenge with no perfect answer.

Today, we break new ground for Tomorrow's Top 25 Today as we undertake what is quite possibly a fool's errand: predicting what the preseason edition of the AP Top 25 will look like when it's released on Monday.