The 2019 college football season is just around the corner and we are now getting a look at how teams are stacked up ahead of the new year. On Thursday, August 1, the Amway’s Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports released its preseason top 25 to give us an early look at the landscape of the college football world.
As you might expect, sitting at No. 1 is the Clemson Tigers. Last year’s national runner-up, the Alabama Crimson Tide, sits at No. 2. The top five in the preseason poll is rounded out by the Georgia Bulldogs, Oklahoma Sooners, and Ohio State Buckeyes.
Where does your favorite team stand in the preseason rankings for the upcoming season?
A look at the 2019 Preseason Coaches Poll can be seen below.
- Clemson
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- Ohio State
- LSU
- Michigan
- Florida
- Notre Dame
- Texas
- Texas A&M
- Washington
- Oregon
- Penn State
- Utah
- Auburn
- Wisconsin
- UCF
- Iowa
- Michigan State
- Washington State
- Syracuse
- Stanford
- Iowa State
- Northwestern
Other teams receiving votes: Nebraska 152; Boise State 118; Mississippi State 111; Miami 94; Army 91; Kentucky 79; Virginia Tech 64; Texas Christian 63; Southern California 47; Utah State 32; Fresno State 32; Virginia 30; Cincinnati 25; West Virginia 24; Memphis 24; Oklahoma State 20; South Carolina 15; NC State 12; Duke 10; Boston College 5; Florida State 4; Baylor 4; Appalachian State 4; North Texas 3; Houston 3; UCLA 2; Temple 2; Arizona State 2; Troy 1; Tennessee 1; Mississippi 1; Minnesota 1.
The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association.
2019-20 Coaches Poll Panel
- Chris Ash, Rutgers
- Dino Babers, Syracuse
- Craig Bohl, Wyoming
- Jeff Brohm, Purdue
- Neal Brown, West Virginia
- Troy Calhoun, Air Force
- Steve Campbell, South Alabama
- Rod Carey, Temple
- Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina
- Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech
- David Cutcliffe, Duke
- Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
- Butch Davis, Florida International
- Ryan Day, Ohio State
- Manny Diaz, Miami (Fla.)
- Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso
- Dave Doeren, North Carolina State
- Sonny Dykes, Southern Methodist
- Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
- Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
- James Franklin, Penn State
- Hugh Freeze, Liberty
- Willie Fritz, Tulane
- Scott Frost, Nebraska
- Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech
- Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois
- Bryan Harsin, Boise State
- Clay Helton, Southern California
- Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky
- Tom Herman, Texas
- Doc Holliday, Marshall
- Jay Hopson, Southern Mississippi
- Mike Houston, East Carolina
- Mike Leach, Washington State
- Lance Leipold, Buffalo
- Tim Lester, Western Michigan
- Chip Lindsey, Troy
- Seth Littrell, North Texas
- Scot Loeffler, Bowling Green
- Rocky Long, San Diego State
- Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern
- Gus Malzahn, Auburn
- Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio)
- Doug Martin, New Mexico State
- Jeff Monken, Army
- Phillip Montgomery, Tulsa
- Dan Mullen, Florida
- Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
- Ed Orgeron, LSU
- Gary Patterson, TCU
- Chris Petersen, Washington
- Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee
- Matt Rhule, Baylor
- Nick Saban, Alabama
- Tony Sanchez, UNLV
- Kirby Smart, Georgia
- Jonathan Smith, Oregon State
- Frank Solich, Ohio
- Jake Spavital, Texas State
- Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
- Kevin Sumlin, Arizona
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson
- Jeff Tedford, Fresno State
- Matt Wells, Texas Tech
- Kyle Whittingham, Utah.