The USA Today preseason coaches poll has been released.
Ohio State claimed the No. 1 spot, followed by another Big Ten program at No. 2. Georgia and Texas represented the SEC in the top 5 with Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Ole Miss claiming spots in the top 10.
A total of 9 SEC programs cracked the top 25. Alabama and LSU are also in the top 15 while Tennessee and Mizzou also made the cut. The SEC’s 9 teams is the most of any conference, followed by the Big Ten (8), Big 12 (4) and ACC (3). Zero teams from the group-of-6 conferences made the top 25.
Here’s the full preseason coaches poll:
- Ohio State
- Oregon
- Georgia
- Texas
- Notre Dame
- Indiana
- Miami
- Texas A&M
- Oklahoma
- Ole Miss
- Alabama
- Texas Tech
- LSU
- USC
- BYU
- Michigan
- Penn State
- Tennessee
- Washington
- SMU
- Utah
- Iowa
- Clemson
- Houston
- Missouri
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The preseason media poll from the Associated Press is expected to be released in the coming weeks. Ohio State is likely to be the preseason No. 1 team in that poll as well, though Georgia and Oregon could also be contenders.
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Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
