The Associated Press released its 69th preseason college football poll on Monday. The SEC has five teams ranked among the nation's preseason top 25. The SEC teams in the 2018 preseason poll are Alabama at No. 1, Georgia at No. 3, Auburn at No. 9, Mississippi State at No. 18 and LSU at No. 25. SEC Football by the Numbers looks at this year's poll:
1 Program has been No. 1 in an AP college football poll more often than Alabama, with the Crimson Tide in the top spot for the 104th time to start the 2018 season.