Georgia is the unanimous No. 1 pick when looking at early college football rankings for 2024.
Sporting News released its Way Too Early Top 25 for 2024, but we also looked at other sites to see how their rankings looked. That list includes 247Sports.com, Action Network, The Athletic, Athlon, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, USA Today and Yahoo Sports.
The Bulldogs were No. 1 across the board. Georgia won the national championship in 2021 and 2022, but their bid for a three-peat was cut short after a 27-24 loss to Alabama in the SEC championship.
Who else made the top five? It's the usual suspects with Alabama, Texas, Michigan and Oregon. The top seven teams were either from the SEC or Big Ten, a trend that will likely continue with those conferences expanding because of realignment.
We used an inverse scoring method (awarding 25 points to a No. 1 selection, 24 for a No. 2 selection, all the way down to one point for a No. 25 selection) to determine the highest possible score for each school.
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Composite top 25 preseason college football rankings
A look at a composite Way Too Early Top 25 college football ranking across 11 major websites. Here is each school with the total points scored and their high and low ranking:
| RANK | SCHOOL | TOTAL | HIGH | LOW |
| 1 | Georgia | 275 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Alabama | 257 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Texas | 242 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Michigan | 239 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Oregon | 236 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 225 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Ole Miss | 214 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 186 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | Missouri | 169 | 8 | 21 |
| 10 | Arizona | 150 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | Penn State | 145 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | LSU | 136 | 8 | 20 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 134 | 9 | 21 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 133 | 8 | 18 |
| 15 | Washington | 129 | 7 | 21 |
| 16 | Clemson | 124 | 10 | 21 |
| 17 | Utah | 122 | 11 | 19 |
| 18 | Florida State | 102 | 10 | 22 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 77 | 12 | 24 |
| 20 | Oklahoma State | 72 | 12 | 25 |
| 21 | Kansas | 42 | 17 | NR |
| 22 | USC | 39 | 18 | NR |
| 23 | Louisville | 33 | 16 | NR |
| 24 | NC State | 32 | 20 | NR |
| 25 | SMU | 13 | 18 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Miami 12, Iowa 12, Texas A&M 10, Memphis 3, Iowa State 3, Liberty 3, West Virginia 2, Boise State 2, Virginia Tech 1, Georgia Tech 1
Composite Top 25 rankings by site
A look at those Way Too Early Top 25 rankings shook out by each site:
| SCHOOL | SN | 24/7 | ACTION | T ATH | ATHLON | B/R | CBS | ESPN | S/I | USA | Y! |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alabama | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Texas | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Michigan | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Oregon | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Ohio State | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| Ole Miss | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Notre Dame | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| Washington | 9 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 12 |
| Florida State | 10 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| Arizona | 11 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 |
| Missouri | 12 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
| LSU | 13 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 8 |
| Tennessee | 14 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Penn State | 15 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 13 |
| Clemson | 16 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 14 |
| Utah | 17 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 17 |
| Oklahoma State | 19 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| Kansas State | 20 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 |
| USC | 21 | 18 | 21 | NR | 20 | 24 | NR | NR | 25 | 19 | 21 |
| Louisville | 22 | 20 | NR | 16 | 23 | NR | 25 | 22 | 23 | NR | 24 |
| SMU | 23 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 18 | 24 | NR | NR | NR |
| Kansas | 24 | NR | 23 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 19 | NR | 23 |
| Georgia Tech | 25 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Iowa | NR | 24 | NR | 22 | 24 | NR | NR | 25 | NR | 24 | 25 |
| Iowa State | NR | NR | NR | 23 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| West Virginia | NR | NR | 25 | 25 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Miami | NR | 19 | 22 | NR | NR | 25 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| NC State | NR | 23 | 24 | NR | 25 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | NR |
| Liberty | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 23 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0 |
| Texas A&M | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | NR | NR | NR | 18 |
| Boise State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | NR | NR |
| Memphis | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 23 | NR |
| Virginia Tech | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | NR |
