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Here's the full preseason coaches poll.
| Rank | Team (click to visit SB Nation team site) | Points | First-place votes |
| 1 | Florida State | 1543 | 56 |
| 2 | Alabama | 1455 | 0 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 1382 | 3 |
| 4 | Oregon | 1314 | 1 |
| 5 | Auburn | 1271 | 0 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 1267 | 1 |
| 7 | UCLA | 1085 | 0 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 1050 | 0 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 1009 | 1 |
| 10 | Baylor | 965 | 0 |
| 11 | Stanford | 955 | 0 |
| 12 | Georgia | 905 | 0 |
| 13 | LSU | 833 | 0 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 654 | 0 |
| 15 | USC | 627 | 0 |
| 16 | Clemson | 535 | 0 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | 509 | 0 |
| 18 | Arizona State | 358 | 0 |
| 19 | Ole Miss | 346 | 0 |
| 20 | Texas A&M | 266 | 0 |
| 21 | Kansas State | 257 | 0 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 228 | 0 |
| 23 | North Carolina | 175 | 0 |
| 24 | Texas | 143 | 0 |
| 25 | Washington | 142 | 0 |
Also receiving votes: Missouri 126; Florida 122; Central Florida 102; Mississippi State 74; Oklahoma State 56; TCU 54; Michigan 53; Iowa 49; Miami (Fla.) 45; Duke 41; Louisville 32; Marshall 27; Brigham Young 18; Boise State 13; Louisiana-Lafayette 12; Virginia Tech 12; Texas Tech 8; Minnesota 6; Cincinnati 6; Northwestern 5; Oregon State 4; Fresno State 4; GeorgiaTech 2; Houston 2; Arkansas 1; Arizona 1; Northern Illinois 1.