The first Associated Press Top 25 poll for the 2015 college football season is released at 2 p.m. (ET) Sunday, but ESPN's Brett McMurphy released his personal ballot Thursday morning via Twitter.

Here's how McMurphy, who cautioned his picks were based on entering this season and not a prediction of how the teams will finish, ranked them:

1. Ohio State

2. TCU

3. Baylor

4. USC

5. Michigan State

6. Oregon

7. Auburn

8. Notre Dame

9. Alabama

10. Clemson

11. Arizona State

12. UCLA

13. LSU

14. Georgia Tech

15. Georgia

16. Oklahoma

17. Florida State

18. Arkansas

19. Stanford

20. Arizona

21. Ole Miss

22. Wisconsin

23. Oklahoma State

24. Virginia Tech

25. Tennessee