The Associated Press released their first college football rankings poll of the season on Monday afternoon. To no surprise of many, the Spartans were left off of the poll.
Michigan State is coming off of a 2-5 season, and are looking to continue their rebuild under new head coach Mel Tucker.
Michigan State has not received votes in the poll since week 9 of the 2020 season, and have not been ranked since they were 25th in the week 5 edition of the 2019 polls.
Preseason @AP_Top25 poll
1-Bama
2-Oklahoma
3-Clemson
4-OhioSt
5-Georgia
6-TexasA&M
7-IowaSt
8-Cincinnati
9-NDame
10-UNC
11-Oregon
12-Wisconsin
13-Florida
14-Miami
15-USC
16-LSU
17-Indiana
18-Iowa
19-PennSt
20-Washington
21-Texas
22-CoastalCarolina
23-Louisiana
24-Utah
25-ArizSt— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 16, 2021
