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Coaches Preseason Poll: #1 FSU, #2 Bama, #5 Auburn

Who's gonna get it? - Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

The Amway Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the American Football Coaches Association their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.

1. Florida State (56 first place votes)

2. ALABAMA

3. Oklahoma (3)

4. Oregon (1)

5. Auburn

6. Ohio State (1)

7. UCLA

8. Michigan State

9. South Carolina (1)

10. Baylor

11. Stanford

12. Georgia

13. LSU

14. Wisconsin

15. Southern Cal

16. Clemson

17. Notre Dame

18. Arizona State

19. Ole Miss

20. Texas A&M

21. Kansas State

22. Nebraska

23. North Carolina

24. Texas

25. Washington

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Observations:

- South Carolina got 1 first place vote (???).

- Five teams received first place votes but Alabama was not one of them. Yet, they still finished second in the poll. That's begrudging respect there.

- 7 SEC teams ranked.

- I'm a little surprised to see Texas A&M so high.

- No Big Ten in the Top 5. Let's hope it stays this way.

- It's interesting how the coaches believe both Southern Cal and Texas are "back" so soon.

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