Georgia No. 1 in preseason football poll, followed by No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Ohio State

Michigan and Ohio State are Nos. 2 and 3 in the preseason AP football poll. (Jay LaPrete/AP)

Georgia will begin its drive for an unprecedented college football championship three-peat as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press preseason Top 25.

The Bulldogs received 60 of 63 first-place votes in the poll released Monday to easily outpoint No. 2 Michigan, which received two first-place votes and has its best preseason rankings since being No. 2 in 1991. The Wolverines’ Big Ten rival, Ohio State, is No. 3 with one first-place vote.