Buckeyes lead the way in preseason coaches poll
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(AP) -- Ohio State and Oregon hold down the top two spots and the Southeastern Conference has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released Tuesday.
The Buckeyes received 38 of the 72 first-place votes and were well ahead of the Ducks, who got six first-place votes.
No. 3 Georgia received seven first-place votes, No. 4 Texas got two and No. 5 Notre Dame five.
Defending national champion Indiana was No. 6 with 14 first-place votes and was followed by Miami, the team it beat in the College Football Playoff championship game. Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Mississippi rounded out the top 10.
Texas Tech, at No. 12, was the highest-ranked of four Big 12 teams in the poll. The SEC, with nine, had the most ranked teams.
No teams from a Group of Six conference were in the Top 25.
Ohio State went 12-0 in the 2025 regular season before losing to Indiana in the Big Ten championship game and to Miami in the first round of the CFP. The Buckeyes return a Heisman Trophy finalist in quarterback Julian Sayin, one of the nation鈥檚 top receivers in Jeremiah Smith and an experienced offensive line.
The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll will be released at noon Eastern on Aug. 17.
The preseason US LBM coaches poll Top 25 with team鈥檚 records FROM LAST SEASON in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last year鈥檚 final poll and first-place votes received.
Rank School (record) Points Last Rank First Place Votes
1 Ohio State (12-2) 1,741 6 38
2 Oregon (13-2) 1,637 4 6
3 Georgia (12-2) 1,591 5 7
4 Texas (10-3) 1,544 13 2
5 Notre Dame (10-2) 1,524 11 5
6 Indiana (16-0) 1,522 1 14
7 Miami (Fla.) (13-3) 1,409 2 0
8 Texas A&M (11-2) 1,174 8 0
9 Oklahoma (10-3) 1,104 10 0
10 Mississippi (13-2) 1,096 3 0
11 Alabama (11-4) 1,050 9 0
12 Texas Tech (12-2) 1,034 7 0
13 LSU (7-6) 951 NR 0
14 Southern California (9-4) 838 21 0
15 Brigham Young (12-2) 781 12 0
16 Michigan (9-4) 719 22 0
17 Penn State (7-6) 463 NR 0
18 Tennessee (8-5) 428 NR 0
19 Washington (9-4) 406 NR 0
20 SMU (9-4) 378 NR 0
21 Utah (11-2) 313 14 0
22 Iowa (9-4) 291 17 0
23 Clemson (7-6) 235 NR 0
24 Houston (10-3) 194 19 0
25 Missouri (8-5) 158 NR 0
Others Receiving Votes: Louisville (9-4) 153; Florida (4-8) 147; TCU (9-4) 63; Illinois (9-4) 62; Arizona (9-4) 50; South Carolina (4-8) 50; Virginia (11-3) 40; Vanderbilt (10-3) 37; Auburn (5-7) 29; Georgia Tech (9-4) 26; Boise State (9-5) 24; Oklahoma State (1-11) 22; UNLV (10-4) 17; Florida State (5-7) 13; North Carolina State (8-5) 13; Nebraska (7-6) 12; Virginia Tech (3-9) 12; Memphis (8-5) 9; Arizona State (8-5) 8; Duke (9-5) 6; James Madison (12-2) 6; New Mexico (9-4) 4; Pittsburgh (8-5) 4; Navy (11-2) 3; Western Michigan (10-4) 3; San Diego State (9-4) 2; California (7-6) 1; Hawaii (9-4) 1; Jacksonville State (9-5) 1; Kansas State (6-6) 1.