Ohio State, TCU lead preseason coaches’ poll

Ohio State Buckeyes (AP photo)

Let the debating begin.

The preseason Amway Coaches Poll was released on Thursday, with Ohio State coming in at No. 1 – as expected – followed behind by TCU, Alabama, Baylor and Oregon.

The SEC is represented by eight schools, including five teams from the SEC West alone (Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, LSU and Arkansas). Mississippi State and Texas A&M took 26th and 27th, respectively.

Check out the full list below:

1. Ohio State
2. TCU
3. Alabama
4. Baylor
5. Oregon
6. Michigan State
7. Auburn
8. Florida State
9. Georgia
10. USC
11. Notre Dame
12. Clemson
13. LSU
14. UCLA
15. Ole Miss
16. Arizona State
17. Georgia Tech
18. Wisconsin
19. Oklahoma
20. Arkansas
21. Stanford
22. Arizona
23. Missouri
24. Boise State
25. Tennessee

Noteworthy: Alabama received just one first-place vote. And because of course, both Florida and Georgia Southern received the same amount of votes (2).

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