AP poll: defending champion Florida St is No. 1

Jameis Winston and defending national champion Florida State are No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll.

The Seminoles will start the season No. 1 for the sixth time - the first since 1999 when they became the first team to hold the top spot for the entire season.

Florida State received 57 of 60 first-place votes Sunday from the media panel. No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Oregon and No. 4 Oklahoma each received one first-place vote. Ohio State is No. 5 and Auburn is No. 6.

Winston, the Heisman Trophy winner last season as a redshirt freshman, led Florida State to a 34-31 victory against Auburn in the last BCS national championship game.

This season the Bowl Championship Series is being replaced by the College Football Playoff. A selection committee will pick the top four teams in the country for two national semifinals.

Record    Pts      Pv
1.  Florida  St.  (57)               14-0      1,496      1
2.  Alabama  (1)                    11-2      1,361      7
3.  Oregon  (1)                      11-2      1,334      9
4.  Oklahoma  (1)                  11-2      1,324      6
5.  Ohio  St.                          12-2      1,207    12
6.  Auburn                             12-2      1,198      2
7.  UCLA                               10-3      1,106    16
8.  Michigan  St.                    13-1      1,080      3
9.  South  Carolina                 11-2      1,015      4
10.  Baylor                              11-2          966    13
11.  Stanford                            11-3          885    11
12.  Georgia                             8-5          843    NR
13.  LSU                                  10-3          776    14
14.  Wisconsin                          9-4          637    22
15.  Southern  Cal                     10-4          626    19
16.  Clemson                            11-2          536      8
17.  Notre  Dame                        9-4          445    21
18.  Mississippi                          8-5          424    NR
19.  Arizona  St.                        10-4          357    20
20.  Kansas  St.                         8-5          242    NR
21.  Texas  A&M                        9-4          238    18
22.  Nebraska                            9-4          226    NR
23.  North  Carolina                    7-6          194    NR
24.  Missouri                             12-2          134      5
25.  Washington                        9-4          130    25

Others receiving votes: UCF 94, Florida 87, Texas 86, Duke 71, Iowa 68, Louisville 48, Marshall 41, Oklahoma St. 37, Virginia Tech 26, TCU 23, Mississippi St. 22, Michigan 19, Texas Tech 19, Miami 16, Cincinnati 15, Boise St. 10, Oregon St. 10, BYU 8, Northwestern 8, Penn St. 5, Navy 2, Vanderbilt 2, Louisiana 1, Nevada 1, Utah St. 1.

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