Alabama was No. 1 in the preseason edition of the poll with 55 of 64 first-place votes and 1585 points in the rankings released Thursday, finishing ahead of Clemson and Oklahoma. The Tigers received seven first places votes. Oklahoma did not receive a first-place vote, but No. 4 Florida State received one as did No. 10 Tennessee.
Ohio State rounded out the preseason top five.
The Southeastern Conference had six teams in the rankings, and the Pac-12 has five teams in the preseason poll. The Big Ten, ACC and Big 12 have four ranked teams each.
Each voting coach submits his top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24 points and so on down to one point for 25th.
You can see the complete preseason top 25 below.
2016 USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Alabama (55 first-place votes) - 1,585 points
2. Clemson (7) - 1,524
3. Oklahoma - 1,398
4. Florida State (1) - 1,351
5. Ohio State - 1,321
6. LSU - 1,241
7. Stanford - 1,149
8. Michigan - 1,062
9. Notre Dame - 1,034
10. Tennessee - 960
11. Michigan State - 901
12. Ole Miss - 792
13. Houston - 668
14. TCU - 649
15. Iowa - 579
16. Georgia - 525
17. USC - 468
18. Washington - 454
19. Oklahoma State - 426
20. North Carolina - 422
21. Baylor - 383
22. Oregon - 361
23. Louisville - 331
24. UCLA - 296
25. Florida - 245
Also receiving votes: Miami (Fla.) 120; Wisconsin 82; Utah 73; Boise State 73; Washington State 47; Texas A&M 37; Texas 34; Arkansas 34; Northwestern 31; Navy 30; Mississippi State 19; San Diego State 18; Nebraska 17; Auburn 17; Western Kentucky 11; Pittsburgh 8; Brigham Young 6; Appalachian State 4; Duke 3; Arizona 2; Marshall 2; Toledo 2; South Florida 2; Memphis 1; Indiana 1; Northern Illinois 1.
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