NCAA 1-130 Re-Rank: Clemson is No. 1 ahead of Alabama entering season

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National powers Clemson and Alabama lead the way in the USA TODAY Sports preseason rankings for the Football Bowl Subdivision.

No. 1 Clemson and the No. 2 Crimson Tide are followed by No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 4 Washington and No. 5 Ohio State.

The Big Ten Conference is the strongest in the FBS, according to the preseason rankings. No. 8 Penn State, No. 10 Michigan, No. 17 Michigan State and No. 24 Northwestern join the Badgers and Buckeyes in giving the conference six teams in the preseason Top 25.

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There are familiar names at the top of 130-team rankings and a familiar name at the bottom: Texas-El Paso, the lone winless team in the FBS last season, begins the 2018 season as team No. 130.

While the standings include the handful of games already played, the rankings do not reflect the results from this past weekend. The next update will occur after the conclusion of this week’s full slate of games.