Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in the AP preseason Top 25, SEC leads conferences with 9 ranked teams
Two college football teams, Ohio State and Oregon, ranked first and second in the preseason AP Top 25 poll. This marks a notable achievement for their conference, the Big Ten, which hasn't held the top two spots in more than six decades.
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