On Monday, the latest preseason AP top 25 lists have been revealed with Alabama holding its ground inside the top four.
Last season the Crimson Tide finished the year at No. 8 after a Citrus Bowl win over Michigan.
As a whole, the South Eastern Conference has six other teams ranked inside the top 25 with the Crimson Tide facing five of those six during the regular season alone.
Although they will not be competing this fall, the poll still includes teams from the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences who opted to move their football seasons to the spring.
Below are the full top 25 rankings:
1.Clemson
2. Ohio State
3. Alabama
4. Georgia
5.Oklahoma
6. LSU
7. Penn State
8. Florida
9. Oregon
10. Notre Dame
11. Auburn
12. Wisconsin
13. TAMU
14. Texas
15. Oklahoma State
16. Michigan
17. USC
18. North Carolina
19. Minnesota
20. Cincinnati
21. UCF
22. Utah
23. Iowa State
24. Iowa
25. Tennessee
Also receiving votes out of the SEC were Kentucky (20) and Mississippi State (3).
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Patrick Dowd is a Reporter for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter, via Pat_Dowd77