Here are our preseason power rankings for the American Conference. One thing to know: The Green Wave have one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country. They face Northwestern, Duke, South Alabama and Ole Miss before conference play kicks off. They could lose this spot by mid-September.

Three LSU football players earned AP preseason All-American honors, the outlet announced Wednesday. Linebacker Whit Weeks landed on the first team, while quarterback Garrett Nussmeier and linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. are on the second team.