| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | It would be nice to find somebody else to put at #1 every year, but Alabama is back again. | |
| 2 |  | Ohio State | With the bowl ban behind them, Ohio State will battle for another perfect season and the nation will pay attention. | |
| 3 |  | Oregon | Promoting from within once again will make the transition from Chip Kelly to Mark Helfrich go smoothly. | |
| 4 |  | Georgia | Aaron Murray is a great talent who can lead Georgia to a great season, but they have to get past UF and USC. | |
| 5 |  | Notre Dame | The last time we saw Notre Dame, nobody came away impressed. Despite the tough schedule, the Irish are good. | |
| 6 |  | Stanford | The Cardinal have kept the good times going and it is not going to end this year thanks to their defense. | |
| 7 |  | South Carolina | This could be the year Coach Steve Spurrier finally gets the Gamecocks to an SEC title game. | |
| 8 |  | Texas A&M | After a great season, Texas A&M may have lost all of their well deserved momentum due to the Johnny Manziel saga. | |
| 9 |  | Clemson | Quarterback Tahj Boyd threw for nearly 4,000 yards in 2012. With Sammy Watkins, that number could go up. | |
| 10 |  | Louisville | All eyes will be on Teddy Bridgewater as he leads the Cardinals to their first and last AAC title. | |
| 11 |  | Florida | Florida will need to get their offense moving if they want to win the SEC, but ten wins is a good goal. | |
| 12 |  | LSU | The LSU offense is coming off of a horrible year and the hopes for 2013 rest on the shoulders of Zach Mettenberger. | |
| 13 |  | Florida State | On the heels of their Orange Bowl win, Florida State has aspirations of even better things this year. | |
| 14 |  | Oklahoma | Even without quarterback Landry Jones, Oklahoma appears to have the most talented team in the conference. | |
| 15 |  | Texas | With 2012 behind them, Texas can get right back into the Big 12 title mix in 2013. | |
| 16 |  | Oregon State | The road to the Pac-12 championship game runs through Oregon and Stanford, but don't count out OSU. | |
| 17 |  | Nebraska | Taylor Martinez, Ameer Abdullah and Kenny Bell will be one of the most dangerous offensive trio's in the Big Ten. | |
| 18 |  | Boise State | The offense has to be better than they were in 2012, but the defense has a lot of rebuilding to do. | |
| 19 |  | USC | The expectations are high as always at USC and Coach Lane Kiffin cannot afford another 7-6 season. | |
| 20 |  | Michigan | Michigan failed to win the big games last year and now they have to find a way without Denard Robinson. | |
| 21 |  | UCLA | Brett Hundley had an amazing season under center and the Bruins are finally back. | |
| 22 |  | Northwestern | Kain Colter and Venric Mark lead a dynamic offense and this team is a real Big Ten contender. | |
| 23 |  | TCU | Quarterback Casey Pachall is back and a brutal Big 12 schedule awaits. | |
| 24 |  | Mississippi | Thanks to an amazing recruiting class, Ole Miss is garnering plenty of national attention. | |
| 25 |  | Miami (FL) | Miami may not be back to their former glory, but they are getting better under Coach Al Golden. | |
Football 2013 Preseason Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 07/28/2013
