AP College Football Top 25 Debuts: Biggest Surprises, Biggest Snubs [Video]

The Associated Press released the first edition of the AP Top 25 poll for the 2024 college football season on Monday, less than three weeks before the start of the season.

This Top 25 sets the tone for a season full of change as conference realignment takes place across the nation and the College Football Playoffs get ready for the first season in which 12 teams will qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the new playoff format was instated in 2014.

Here are the top two surprises and snubs from the first edition of the poll.

Top Surprises:

Top three teams all missed the CFP last season

The top three teams in the first AP Top 25 poll — Georgia, Ohio State, and Oregon — all missed the CFP last season after losing in their conference’s title game.

Georgia returns to the top spotafter losing out to Alabama during the SEC Championship Game. The Bulldogs were undefeated prior to that point …