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Tuesday, November 10, 2026Nov 10

BALLOT BREAKDOWN: FSU No. 1 in AP preseason poll

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2014, file photo, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher reacts after his team won the NCAA BCS National Championship college football game against Auburn in Pasadena, Calif. Finish No. 1. Start No. 1. Even Bobby Bowden’s best Florida State teams never did that but Fisher’s Seminoles will. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2014, file photo, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher reacts after his team won the NCAA BCS National Championship college football game against Auburn in Pasadena, Calif. Finish No. 1. Start No. 1. Even Bobby Bowden’s best Florida State teams never did that but Fisher’s Seminoles will. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2014, file photo, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher reacts after his team won the NCAA BCS National Championship college football game against Auburn in Pasadena, Calif. Finish No. 1. Start No. 1. Even Bobby Bowden’s best Florida State teams never did that but Fisher’s Seminoles will. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 is out. Take a look at how the ballots break down, and find out what to watch for when the college football season begins this month:

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‘NOLES NATION DOMINATION

Finish No. 1. Start No. 1. Even Bobby Bowden’s best Florida State teams never did that.

Jimbo Fisher’s Seminoles will. Jameis Winston and the defending national champions are preseason No. 1 for the sixth time.