Composite college football top 25 rankings for 2024: Georgia, Alabama lead Way Too Early lists

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Bill Bender
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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.comAction NetworkThe 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: 

RANKSCHOOLTOTALHIGHLOW
1Georgia27511
2Alabama25724
3Texas24237
4Michigan23927
5Oregon23627
6Ohio State22549
7Ole Miss21449
8Notre Dame186615
9Missouri169821
10Arizona150817
11Penn State145918
12LSU136820
13Tennessee134921
14Oklahoma133818
15Washington129721
16Clemson1241021
17Utah1221119
18Florida State1021022
19Kansas State771224
20Oklahoma State721225
21Kansas4217NR
22USC3918NR
23Louisville3316NR
24NC State3220NR
25SMU1318NR

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: 

SCHOOLSN24/7ACTIONT ATHATHLONB/RCBSESPNS/IUSAY!
Georgia11111111111
Alabama23422224422
Texas32653472345
Michigan47264336633
Oregon54336643277
Ohio State65545565596
Ole Miss76987757754
Notre Dame89791099108615
Washington92116718161511151712
Florida State1022201917191916141810
Arizona11178131613109101316
Missouri1281021888891411
LSU131314201415121417108
Tennessee141117141121141712129
Penn State151011189111612111513
Clemson1614181013102119161114
Utah1716191115121313131619
Oklahoma181213151214111518817
Oklahoma State1925151222182318202022
Kansas State2015122419171721222220
USC211821NR2024NRNR251921
Louisville2220NR1623NR252223NR24
SMU23NRNRNRNRNR1824NRNRNR
Kansas24NR23172122202319NR23
Georgia Tech25NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
IowaNR24NR2224NRNR25NR2425
Iowa StateNRNRNR23NRNRNRNRNRNRNR
West VirginiaNRNR2525NRNRNRNRNRNRNR
MiamiNR1922NRNR25NRNRNRNRNR
NC StateNR2324NR252022202121NR
LibertyNRNRNRNRNR23NRNRNRNR0
Texas A&MNRNRNRNRNRNR24NRNRNR18
Boise StateNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR24NRNR
MemphisNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR23NR
Virginia TechNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR25NR