The preseason Coaches Poll top 25 dropped Monday, giving college football fans their first look at an official set of rankings entering the 2025 season. The top was loaded with plenty of familiar programs, though Texas did make history by earning its first preseason No. 1 ranking ever.
The Longhorns just edged out reigning national champion Ohio State for the top spot. Behind Texas and the Buckeyes, there’s a fairly chalky list of perennial contenders such as Georgia, Notre Dame and Oregon.
In fact, all of the top seven teams, and eight of the top 11, made the College Football Playoff a year ago. But closer analysis does reveal some interesting ranking choices.
Making a preseason top 25 is not easy, and different voters have different motivations when it comes to making their choices — which is especially true for college football coaches (or whomever they appoint to cast their votes for them). So, from an outside perspective, here are a few teams in the initial Coaches Poll that seem either overrated or underrated.
Texas is No. 1 in college football rankings, tops preseason Coaches Poll for first time in storied history
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2025-08-04 18:17:00
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