The Bulldogs received 60 of 63 first-place votes in the poll released Monday.
Alabama had been preseason No. 1 each of the last two seasons, and five of the previous seven. Clemson was preseason No. 1 in the other two seasons, making Georgia the first team other than the Tide or Tigers to be preseason No. 1 since Ohio State in 2015.
No team has won three straight national titles during the AP poll era, which dates to 1936. For the record, Minnesota, the first official AP champion, wasCoach Bernie Bierman’s Gophers from long ago are the closest thing major college football has to a three-peater. Georgia Bulldogs defensive back Christopher Smith celebrates with his teammates during the Georgia Bulldogs game versus the TCU Horned Frogs in the College Football Playoff National Championship game on January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in InglewThe Bulldogs are reloading on the defensive front and at quarterback, but do not lack for stars.
The Seminoles are back in the preseason rankings for the first time since 2018, and in the top 10 for the first time since 2017.Since the AP preseason poll started in 1950, 11 teams that started No. 1 also finished No. 1. Only two of those have occurred since 2000: Southern California in 2004 and Alabama in 2017.
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