Who says it’s too early to start ranking teams for next season? ESPN is already looking ahead to the 2015 season, releasing its preseason FPI rankings. And wouldn’t you know it — the SEC is well-represented at the top.

For a quick refresher, here’s how ESPN explains the Football Power Index (FPI):

FPI is an estimate of team strength – not a ranking of who will have the highest win total (which is dependent on schedule) and not who is most likely to make the College Football Playoff. Preseason FPI is calculated using three major components for each FBS team: prior years’ offense, defense and special teams efficiencies; returning starters and head coach information; and recruiting rankings.

It is, for all intents and purposes, a ranking of which teams are the best on paper. Last year, three of the top four teams in preseason FPI (Florida State, Alabama and Oregon) made it to the College Football Playoff.

Here’s this year’s preseason top four:

1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. LSU
4. Baylor

Oregon, which made it to the national title game this past year, ranks fifth, while TCU, snubbed from the playoff, is sixth.

The SEC placed five teams in the top 10 and 10 teams in the top 25. Here’s where the conference ranks overall:

2. Alabama
3. LSU
8. Ole Miss
9. Georgia
10. Arkansas
11. Texas A&M
14. Tennessee
18. Auburn
22. Mississippi State
24. Missouri
27. Florida
40. South Carolina
48. Kentucky
52. Vanderbilt