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Clemson was ranked #2 with 16 first-place votes in the Associated Press preseason college football poll released on Sunday morning.

Clemson's highest preseason AP ranking in history previously was No. 4 in 1984 and 1988. It is the 25th time that the Tigers have been ranked in the preseason Top 25 by the Associated Press.

This makes the fifth straight year that Clemson is ranked in the preseason Top 25 by the Associated Press. In the last five years, Clemson is the only school in the nation to finish at least the same in the postseason AP Poll compared to its preseason ranking the last four years.

ESPN's Brett McMurphy publicly tweeted his Top 25 and had Clemson #4 with his vote.

It is the 9th straight year Alabama has reached No. 1 in the AP Poll, extending its record streak according to ESPN Stats.

The AP Poll has been ranking teams since 1936 (1,104 polls) and Clemson was recently ranked #22 in the AP All-Time poll.

AP Preseason Poll

Alabama (33)

Clemson (16)

Oklahoma (4)

Florida State (5)

LSU (1)

Ohio State (1)

Michigan (1)

Stanford

Tennessee

Notre Dame

OleMiss

Michigan State

TCU

Washington

Houston

UCLA

Iowa

Georgia

Louisville

USC

Oklahoma State

North Carolina

Baylor

Oregon

Florida

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TigerNet News®
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Shotgun Willie
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allorangeallthetime52®
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Oculus
spacer Still don't get all the love for Tennessee***
Gordita
spacer The SEC/eSECpn spin machine is the best in the business
ggordon
spacer What does the spin have anything to do with Tenn being
Neal in NC®
spacer More that they need UT to be good to support the
ggordon
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pugmarks
spacer Tennessee has top 5 talent but Butch Jones is an idiot.
TigersAndCubs
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TigerDaveOrange
spacer I actually think Fisher is a very good coach. He's not
TigersAndCubs
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allorangeallthetime52®
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cfbfan239923
spacer Nice for a change instead of being 18 or 20 and
ClemsonSCTiger
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Tigers Rule®
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allorangeallthetime52®
spacer I thought we always liked to be the underrated underdog
Neal in NC®
spacer "EMBRACE THE TARGET" - CDS***
designtiger®
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allorangeallthetime52®
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Gordita
spacer and we will continue the streak of finishing higher than ranked preseason.
tiger_swimmer®
spacer Wish Auburn was ranked when we play them, but
hufferbilly
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TigerDaveOrange
spacer If u turn out to be correct, I will remind folks... ????***
hufferbilly
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allorangeallthetime52®
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djones73®
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TigersAndCubs
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HunterClemsonTigers
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CUYankee
spacer Where would you have OU? I can see leaving ND and TN out
TigersAndCubs
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Cdixon11
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TigersAndCubs
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Cdixon11
spacer Cue Tommy Bowden interview..
streatrufus
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