The most important date of the preseason is here as the AP top 25 college football rankings went live on Monday, and predictably the deck was stacked with SEC a

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. 1 and 2 has been within 10 ballots only twice.