2013 USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll Is Out; Alabama Leads The Way

The USA Today Coaches Poll was released today, the most relevant preseason college football rankings.

By Dr. Frasier Crane, MD, Ph.D Aug 1, 2013, 12:37pm CDT

Here are the relevant news and notes from the

- The college football rankings have the SEC dominating the top of the rankings, with Alabama leading theway and five total teams in the top 10.

- The Big 12 has four teams in the top 25, lead by Oklahoma State at #15.

- TCU comes in at #20.

- The Horned Frogs are ranked in the preseason for the seventh time in the last eight years and ninth time since 2000.

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS RANK
1	Alabama (58)	13-1	1545	1
2	Ohio St. (3)	12-0	1427	NR
3	Oregon	12-1	1397	2
4	Stanford	12-2	1262	6
5	Georgia	12-2	1250	4
6	Texas A&M (1)	11-2	1215	5
7	South Carolina	11-2	1136	7
8	Clemson	11-2	1047	9
9	Louisville	11-2	1010	13
10	Florida	11-2	930	10
11	Notre Dame	12-1	872	3
12	Florida St.	12-2	844	8
13	LSU	10-3	797	12
14	Oklahoma St.	8-5	726	NR
15	Texas	9-4	622	18
16	Oklahoma	10-3	620	15
17	Michigan	8-5	589	NR
18	Nebraska	10-4	426	23
19	Boise St.	11-2	420	14
20	TCU	7-6	400	NR
21	UCLA	9-5	202	NR
22	Northwestern	10-3	186	16
23	Wisconsin	8-0	172	NR
24	USC	7-6	165	NR
25	Oregon St.	9-4	135	19
Schools Dropped Out
No. 11 Kansas State (11-2), No. 17 Utah State (11-2), No. 20 Vanderbilt (9-4), No. 21 San Jose State (11-2), No. 22 Cincinnati (10-3), No. 24 Northern Illinois (12-2), No. 25 Tulsa (11-3).
Others Receiving Votes
Kansas State (11-2) 113; Miami (Fla.) 101; Michigan State 89; Baylor 80; Virginia Tech 65; Fresno State 62; Arizona State 51; Mississippi 32; Vanderbilt (9-4) 29; Utah State (11-2) 23; Brigham Young 20; North Carolina 19; Northern Illinois (12-2) 19; Tulsa (11-3) 9; Ohio 8; San Jose State (11-2) 8; Arizona 5; Cincinnati (10-3) 3; East Carolina 3; Kent State 3; Mississippi State 3; Washington 3; Central Florida 2; Arkansas 1; Arkansas State 1; Rutgers 1; Tennessee 1; Toledo 1.

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