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2025 AFCA Preseason FBS Coaches' Poll has Texas at No. 1

August 4, 2025 by AFCA.com

The Texas Longhorns are the No. 1 team to start the 2025 season according to the coaches in the US LBM Coaches Poll. The Longhorns received 28 first-place votes to take the top spot, followed by defending national champion Ohio State at No. 2 with 20 first-place votes. Penn State was a close third with 14 first-place votes.

Georgia, who finished 11-3 last season, is No. 4 in the poll, followed by the national runner-up in 2024, Notre Dame, who rounds out the top five. Clemson, Oregon, Alabama, LSU and Miami (Fla.) are ranked 6-10.

See: Congrove Computer Rankings

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Rank School (1st votes) Points LW W-L
1 Texas (28) 1,606 3 13-3
2 Ohio State (20) 1,565 1 14-2
3 Penn State (14) 1,525 5 13-3
4 Georgia (3) 1,466 6 11-3
5 Notre Dame 1,360 2 14-2
6 Clemson (2) 1,324 11 10-4
7 Oregon 1,307 4 13-1
8 Alabama 1,210 17 9-4
9 LSU 1,056 NR 9-4
10 Miami (Fla.) 823 18 10-3
11 Arizona State 806 7 11-3
12 Illinois 734 16 10-3
13 South Carolina 665 19 9-4
14 Michigan 580 NR 8-5
15 Ole Miss 573 13 10-3
16 SMU 555 11 11-3
17 Florida 498 NR 8-5
18 Tennessee 492 8 10-3
19 Indiana 460 10 11-2
20 Kansas State 438 NR 9-4
21 Texas A&M 392 NR 8-5
21 Iowa State 392 15 11-3
23 BYU 287 14 11-2
24 Texas Tech 261 NR 8-5
25 Boise State 246 9 12-2

Dropped out: No. 20 Missouri (10-3); No. 21 Army (12-2); No. 22 Syracuse (10-3); No. 23 Memphis (11-2); No. 24 UNLV (11-3); No. 25 Colorado (9-4).

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.

List Of Voters

The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Billy Napier, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Jay Norvell, Colorado State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.