USA Today Coaches’ Poll Top 25 Preseason
In this season’s first USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for College Football, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels are ranked #20.
Other notable ACC Teams ranked in the USA Today Coaches’ Football Preseason Top 25 Poll are the Virginia Tech Hokies at #7, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at #15, and the Florida State Seminoles at #19.
The ACC has 4 teams ranked in this season’s first USA Today Top 25 College Football Poll and only 1 team in the initial Top 10 (Virginia Tech at #7). The ACC had a total of 10 teams receiving votes overall (in bold below).
1. Florida (53)
2. Texas (4)
3. Oklahoma (1)
4. USC (1)
5. Alabama
6. Ohio State
7. Virginia Tech
8. Penn State
9. LSU
10. Mississippi
11. Oklahoma State
12. California
13. Georgia
14. Oregon
15. Georgia Tech
16. Boise State
17. TCU
18. Utah
19. Florida State
20. North Carolina
21. Iowa
22. Nebraska
23. Notre Dame
24. Brigham Young
25. Oregon State
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Kansas 138, Michigan State 136, Texas Tech 114, Cincinnati 90, Pittsburgh 64, West Virginia 55, Rutgers 51, Miami (FL) 46, Missouri 44, Illinois 38, Clemson 30, South Carolina 18, UCLA 14, Auburn 12, South Florida 11, Nevada 11, Kentucky 9, North Carolina State 7, Wisconsin 6, Arkansas 6, Northwestern 5, Southern Miss 4, Wake Forest 4, Arizona 3, Boston College 3, Central Michigan 3, East Carolina 3, Colorado 2, Maryland 2, Navy 2, Tennessee 2, Troy 1, Minnesota 1, Michigan 1, Houston 1.