The Bulldogs received 60 of 63 first-place votes in the poll released Monday to easily outpoint No. 2 Michigan, which received two first-place votes and has its best preseason ranking since being No. 2 in 1991.
Ohio State receiver Xavier Johnson tries to run between Michigan defenders on Nov. 26, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio.
The Bulldogs have had 25 players drafted by NFL teams the last two years, including quarterback Stetson Bennett and All-America defensive tackle Jalen Carter this past April. Coach Kirby Smart has built a program to rival Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty, so voters are now giving Georgia the Crimson Tide treatment.
No team has won three straight national titles during the AP poll era, which dates to 1936. Minnesota, the first official AP champion, was retroactively crowned champion for the 1934 and ‘35 seasons by a couple of organizations. “We have not addressed that with them,” Smart said during SEC media days of chasing college football history. “We’ve certainly looked at some three-peat scenarios of teams like the Bulls and different sports teams that they might actually know about. No offense to the Minnesota 1935 team, but I don’t know if it’s going to resonate with my audience.”
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