Preseason AP #1 History......

SEC teams to start #1 and where they finished:


1951 Tennessee, finished as National Champions

1959 Louisiana State, finished #3

1964 Mississippi, finished unranked because the AP for a short period only did 10 teams at the end of the season.

1966 Alabama, finished #3

1978 Alabama, finished as National Champions

1984 Auburn, finished #14

1994 Florida, finished #7

2001 Florida, finished #3

2008 Georgia, finished #13

2009 Florida, finished #3

2010 Alabama, finished #10

2013 Alabama, finished #7

2016 Alabama.............



Teams to start Preseason AP #1 and end up as AP National Champions in same season:

1951 Tennessee
1952 Michigan State
1956 Oklahoma
1974 Oklahoma
1975 Oklahoma
1978 Alabama
1985 Oklahoma
1993 Florida State
1999 Florida State
2004 Southern Cal


From 1936-1949, the first AP poll didn't come out until October, much like the BCS and the CFP standings:

1936 Minnesota, finished as National Champions

1937 California, finished #2

1938 Pittsburgh, finished #8

1939 Pittsburgh, finished unranked

1940 Cornell, finished #15

1941 Minnesota, finished as National Champions

1942 Ohio State, finished as National Champions

1943 Notre Dame, finished as National Champions

1944 Notre Dame, finished #9

1945 Army, finished as National Champions

1946 Texas, finished #15

1947 Notre Dame, finished as National Champions

1948 Notre Dame, finished #2

1949 Michigan, finished #7


Preseason AP #1 teams to finished season unranked:

1950 Notre Dame
1961 Iowa
1962 Ohio State
1963 Southern Cal
1964 Mississippi
2012 Southern Cal