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Alabama football spot in preseason Coaches Poll is exactly where you'd expect
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- Alabama football spot in preseason Coaches Poll is exactly where you'd expect
After a four-loss 2024 season, Alabama football finds itself back in the top 10 heading into 2025.
In the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll, Alabama is ranked No. 8. The Crimson Tide , which finished as the No. 17 team in the final 2024 Coaches Poll, did not receive a first-place vote.
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Texas enters 2025 as the preseason No. 1 team with 28 of the 67 total first-place votes. No. 2 Ohio State (20), No. 3 Penn State (14), No. 4 Georgia (3) and No. 6 Clemson (2) also each received first-place votes.
Alabama is one of nine SEC teams listed in the preseason poll along with the Longhorns , Bulldogs, No. 9 LSU , No. 13 South Carolina , No. 15 Ole Miss , No. 17 Florida , No. 18 Tennessee and No. 21 Texas A&M.
Alabama will open the 2025 season at Florida State Aug. 30. The Seminoles received eight votes in the preseason coaches poll.
Here is the full preseason US LBM Coaches Poll.
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US LBM Coaches Poll: Preseason
| 1 |
Texas (13-3) |
1,606 |
| 2 |
Ohio State (14-2) |
1,565 |
| 3 |
Penn State (13-3) |
1,525 |
| 4 |
Georgia (11-3) |
1,466 |
| 5 |
Notre Dame (14-2) |
1,360 |
| 6 |
Clemson (10-4) |
1,324 |
| 7 |
Oregon (13-1) |
1,307 |
| 8 |
Alabama (9-4) |
1,210 |
| 9 |
LSU (9-4) |
1,056 |
| 10 |
Miami (Fla.) (10-3) |
823 |
| 11 |
Arizona State (11-3) |
806 |
| 12 |
Illinois (10-3) |
734 |
| 13 |
South Carolina (9-4) |
665 |
| 14 |
Michigan (8-5) |
580 |
| 15 |
Mississippi (10-3) |
573 |
| 16 |
SMU (11-3) |
555 |
| 17 |
Florida (8-5) |
498 |
| 18 |
Tennessee (10-3) |
492 |
| 19 |
Indiana (11-2) |
460 |
| 20 |
Kansas State (9-4) |
438 |
| 21 |
Texas A&M (8-5) |
392 |
| 21 |
Iowa State (11-3) |
392 |
| 23 |
Brigham Young (11-2) |
287 |
| 24 |
Texas Tech (8-5) |
261 |
| 25 |
Boise State (12-2) |
246 |
Others receiving votes
Oklahoma (6-7) 221; Missouri (10-3) 142; Louisville (9-4) 126; Southern California (7-6) 116; Utah (5-7) 86; Baylor (8-5) 76; Auburn (5-7) 50; Iowa (8-5) 49; Memphis (11-2) 34; Army (12-2) 33; Tulane (9-5) 31; Georgia Tech (7-6) 27; TCU (9-4) 24; Nebraska (7-6) 19; Syracuse (10-3) 16; Washington (6-7) 15; Navy (10-3) 14; Arkansas (7-6) 14; Duke (9-4) 12; Colorado (9-4) 12; Minnesota (8-5) 11; UNLV (11-3) 8; Florida State (2-10) 8; Kansas (5-7) 6; Vanderbilt (7-6) 3; Buffalo (9-4) 1
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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