Alabama football spot in preseason Coaches Poll is exactly where you'd expect
In the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll, Alabama is ranked No. 8. The Crimson Tide, which finished as the No. 17 team in the final 2024 Coaches Poll, did not receive a first-place vote.
Texas enters 2025 as the preseason No. 1 team with 28 of the 67 total first-place votes. No. 2 Ohio State (20), No. 3 Penn State (14), No. 4 Georgia (3) and No. 6 Clemson (2) also each received first-place votes.
Alabama is one of nine SEC teams listed in the preseason poll along with the Longhorns, Bulldogs, No. 9 LSU, No. 13 South Carolina, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 17 Florida, No. 18 Tennessee and No. 21 Texas A&M.
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Alabama will open the 2025 season at Florida State Aug. 30. The Seminoles received eight votes in the preseason coaches poll.
Here is the full preseason US LBM Coaches Poll.
US LBM Coaches Poll: Preseason
1
Texas (13-3)
1,606
2
Ohio State (14-2)
1,565
3
Penn State (13-3)
1,525
4
Georgia (11-3)
1,466
5
Notre Dame (14-2)
1,360
6
Clemson (10-4)
1,324
7
Oregon (13-1)
1,307
8
Alabama (9-4)
1,210
9
LSU (9-4)
1,056
10
Miami (Fla.) (10-3)
823
11
Arizona State (11-3)
806
12
Illinois (10-3)
734
13
South Carolina (9-4)
665
14
Michigan (8-5)
580
15
Mississippi (10-3)
573
16
SMU (11-3)
555
17
Florida (8-5)
498
18
Tennessee (10-3)
492
19
Indiana (11-2)
460
20
Kansas State (9-4)
438
21
Texas A&M (8-5)
392
21
Iowa State (11-3)
392
23
Brigham Young (11-2)
287
24
Texas Tech (8-5)
261
25
Boise State (12-2)
246
Others receiving votes
Oklahoma (6-7) 221; Missouri (10-3) 142; Louisville (9-4) 126; Southern California (7-6) 116; Utah (5-7) 86; Baylor (8-5) 76; Auburn (5-7) 50; Iowa (8-5) 49; Memphis (11-2) 34; Army (12-2) 33; Tulane (9-5) 31; Georgia Tech (7-6) 27; TCU (9-4) 24; Nebraska (7-6) 19; Syracuse (10-3) 16; Washington (6-7) 15; Navy (10-3) 14; Arkansas (7-6) 14; Duke (9-4) 12; Colorado (9-4) 12; Minnesota (8-5) 11; UNLV (11-3) 8; Florida State (2-10) 8; Kansas (5-7) 6; Vanderbilt (7-6) 3; Buffalo (9-4) 1
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama football rankings: Where Crimson Tide up preseason coaches poll
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