NCAA Football Rankings: Alabama Tops Preseason Top 25 Amway Coaches Poll

The defending champion Alabama Crimson Tide will open the new college football season as the top-ranked team in the nation.

Right behind them in the preseason Amway Top 25 Coaches Poll is Clemson, who lost to Alabama in the National Championship Game in January.

The SEC has more schools (three) in the top 10 than any other conference. Joining the Crimson Tide from the SEC is LSU at No. 7 and Tennessee at No. 10.

Here’s the entire poll.

1) Alabama
2) Clemson
3) Oklahoma
4) Florida State
5) Ohio State
6) LSU
7) Stanford
8) Michigan
9) Notre Dame
10) Tennessee
11) Michigan State
12) Mississippi
13) Houston
14) TCU
15) Iowa
16) Georgia
17) USC
18) Washington
19) Oklahoma State
20) North Carolina
21) Baylor
22) Oregon
23) Louisville
24) UCLA
25) Florida

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