Coming in at No. 24, defending SEC Eastern Division champion Missouri is one of eight league teams ranked in this year’s Associated Press preseason Top 25.

The other four FBS teams that won 12 or more games last season are all ranked in the top 8 — Florida St., Ohio St., Auburn and Michigan St.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESEASON TOP 25 POLL

1 FLORIDA STATE 14-0 57 NR –
2 ALABAMA 11-2 1 NR –
3 OKLAHOMA 11-2 1 NR –
4 OREGON 11-2 1 NR –
5 OHIO STATE
 12-2 0 NR –
6 AUBURN 12-2 0 NR –
7 UCLA 10-3 0 NR –
8 MICHIGAN STATE 13-1 0 NR –
9 SOUTH CAROLINA 11-2 0 NR –
10 BAYLOR 11-2 0 NR –
11 STANFORD 11-3 0 NR –
12 GEORGIA 8-5 0 NR –
13 LSU 10-3 0 NR –
14 WISCONSIN 9-4 0 NR –
15 USC 10-4 0 NR –
16 CLEMSON 11-2 0 NR –
17 NOTRE DAME 9-4 0 NR –
18 OLE MISS 8-5 0 NR –
19 ARIZONA STATE 10-4 0 NR –
20 KANSAS STATE 8-5 0 NR –
21 TEXAS A&M 9-4 0 NR –
22 NEBRASKA 9-4 0 NR –
23 NORTH CAROLINA 7-6 0 NR –
24 MIZZOU 12-2 0 NR –
25 WASHINGTON 9-4 0 NR –