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UNDATED (AP) — The defending national champions are No. 1 in The Associated Press college football preseason poll.

Alabama received 33 of 61 first-place votes and 1,469 total points from the media panel. Clemson is ranked second with 16 first-place votes, 7 ½ months after the Tigers lost to the Crimson Tide in the title game.

Oklahoma is third, followed by Florida State and LSU. Ohio State, Michigan, Stanford, Tennessee and Notre Dame round out the top 10.