With each day that passes we inch closer to the start of the 2023 football season. After months of stories about transfer portal targets, glimpses of practices, and the near total collapse of a 108-year old conference we’re finally getting tangible proof that the first games are right around the corner. Today we received the next morsel as the AP released their preseason top-25 poll, and look who just made the cut.
A look at the full Preseason AP Top 25
Who should have been higher? pic.twitter.com/AQfidCv1m9— CBS Sports College Football (@CBSSportsCFB) August 14, 2023The Iowa Hawkeyes return to the AP’s poll for the first time since 2021, and it’s their 27th appearance in the preseason ranking all time according to Sports-Reference.