The Hawkeyes, Cyclones, and Huskers are all Top 25 teams in the Associatied Press preseason poll.
Iowa is slotted No. 20 by media members all over the country. Iowa State is 21st, and Nebraska slides in at No. 24.
Minnesota received 7 votes.
As it did in the Coaches preseseason poll, the Big Ten had the most teams of any conference in the Top 25, with seven, with the only difference in the two polls being the Huskers notching No. 24 in the AP (and receiving the most votes of teams outside the coaches’ Top 25) while Northwestern was 25th in the coaches poll (fifth most votes outside AP Top 25.
Other Big Ten teams that made the AP list — Ohio State (5), Michigan (7), Penn State (15), Michigan State (18), Wisconsin (19).
The full AP Top 25:
1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
4. Oklahoma
5. Ohio State
6. LSU
7. Michigan
8. Florida
9. Notre Dame
10. Texas
11. Oregon
12. Texas A&M
13. Washington
14. Utah
15. Penn State
16. Auburn
17. UCF
18. MIchigan State
19. Wisconsin
20. Iowa
21. Iowa State
22. Syracuse
23. Washington State
24. Nebraska
25. Stanford
