College Football Coaches Poll Released with 2023 Season on the Horizon
The 2023 college football season is only weeks away and the preseason Coaches Poll was released on Monday in light of the anticipation. The back-to-back reigning national champion, Georgia, tops the rankings. 66 coaches vote on this poll, and the Bulldogs earned 61, or 92%, of the first-place votes.
The two-time reigning Big Ten champions, Michigan, come in at the No. 2 spot. Alabama checks in at the No. 3 spot, earning 4 first-place votes, while Ohio State comes in at the No. 4 spot, earning 1 first-place vote. Other than Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State were the only two teams to earn first-place votes.
LSU rounds out the top five, jumping 11 spots from their 2022 season-ending ranking.
TCU, one of last season’s CFP finalists, comes in at the No. 16 spot, after losing multiple key contributors to the NFL.
Here’s a look at the full Coaches Poll top 25 (first-place votes in parentheses)
- Georgia (61)
- Michigan
- Alabama (4)
- Ohio State (1)
- LSU
- USC
- Penn State
- Florida State
- Clemson
- Tennessee
- Washington
- Texas
- Notre Dame
- Utah
- Oregon
- TCU
- Kansas State
- Oregon State
- Oklahoma
- North Carolina
- Wisconsin
- Ole Miss
- Tulane
- Texas Tech
- Texas A&M
Others receiving votes:
Iowa 169; South Carolina 89; Florida 63; UTSA 59; Pittsburgh 52; UCLA 42; Kentucky 34; Baylor 28; Troy 25; Arkansas 20; NC State 19; Fresno State; Boise State 18; Auburn 18; Minnesota 16; Miami 16; Mississippi State 13; Oklahoma State 12; Missouri 11; Maryland 10; SMU 8; South Alabama 8; Illinois 7; Wake Forest 6; Air Force 6; Toledo 5; Washington State 4; Houston 3; Duke 2; BYU 2; Arizona 2; Memphis 1; Kansas 1; James Madison 1
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