No team has been more of a fixture in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll than Ohio State.

The Buckeyes have appeared in 70 of the 74 preseason rankings that date to 1950, more than any other school.

Meanwhile, Tulane, coming off one of the program's greatest seasons, made history again by making it into the first Top 25 for the 2023 season.

The preseason Top 25 was released Monday with Georgia on top, followed by Michigan, the Buckeyes, Alabama and LSU. Something notable about every team in the rankings, courtesy of AP research and College Poll Archive:

1) Georgia — Second preseason No. 1 ranking (2008).

2) Michigan — Best preseason ranking since 1991 (also No. 2).

3) Ohio State — Has appeared in a record 35 straight preseason rankings.

4) Alabama — Has appeared in the top five in a record 15 consecutive preseason polls.

5) LSU — Best preseason ranking since 2016 (No. 5).

6) USC — Best preseason ranking since 2017 (No. 4).

7) Penn State — Has appeared in the preseason poll in six of the last seven seasons.

8) Florida State — First appearance in the preseason poll since 2018.

9) Clemson — Lowest preseason ranking since 2015 (No. 12).

10) Washington — Best preseason ranking since 2018 (No. 6).

11) Texas — Best preseason ranking since 2019 (No. 10).

12) Tennessee — Best preseason ranking since 2016 (No. 9).

13) Notre Dame — Sixth straight appearance in preseason rankings and 60th overall.

14) Utah — Five straight appearances in the preseason rankings.

15) Oregon — Lowest preseason ranking since 2018 (No. 24), 20th preseason appearance overall.

16) Kansas State — First preseason ranking since 2017 and highest since 2004 (No. 13).

17) TCU — First preseason ranking since 2018.

18) Oregon State — First preseason ranking since 2013, and highest ranking since 2001 (No. 11).

19) Wisconsin — Has appeared in seven straight preseason polls.

20) Oklahoma — Lowest preseason ranking since being unranked in 1999; streak of 10 straight top-10 preseason rankings snapped.

21) North Carolina — Has appeared in the preseason poll in three of the last four seasons.

22) Mississippi — Has appeared in 20 preseason rankings.

23) Texas A&M — Has appeared in five straight preseason polls, but this is its lowest ranking of the five.

24) Tulane — First appearance in the preseason rankings.

25) Iowa — Has appeared in the preseason poll in four of the last five seasons.

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