USA TODAY Sports releases ‘way-too-early’ top 25 preseason poll

USA TODAY Sports has joined the long list of publications that have issued a preseason top 25 poll for the 2020 college football season.

The usual suspects are at the top of the list as the outlet went as generic as can be by putting Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, LSU and Oklahoma at the top of its list.

In an interesting move, the SEC has only six teams on the list and only three in the top 10. Georgia is not among them, which could prove to be a big mistake considering the level of talent on hand in Athens and the return of so many defenders on Kirby Smart’s defense.

Several non-Power 5 programs also made the list as the likes of Boise State, Memphis and Cincinnati are also on the list.

Here’s how USA TODAY Sports currently has the top 25 ranked heading into spring football:

#1 Clemson

#2 Alabama

#3 Ohio State

#4 LSU

#5 Oklahoma

#6 Oregon

#7 Penn State

#8 Florida

#9 Notre Dame

#10 Iowa

#11 Georgia

#12 Michigan

#13 Auburn

#14 Texas

#15 Memphis

#16 Cincinnati

#17 USC

#18 Wisconsin

#19 Texas A&M

#20 Boise State

#21 Iowa State

#22 Baylor

#23 Cal

#24 Washington

#25 North Carolina

SDS Staff

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