The much anticipated USA Today Preseason Coaches Top 25 Poll was released Thursday morning and the Longhorns landed at #15, one spot behind #14 Oklahoma State and one on spot ahead of the #16 Oklahoma Sooners. For the third consecutive year Nick Saban and Alabama top the poll with the #1 spot. Rounding out the top 5 spots are #2 Ohio State, #3 Oregon, #4 Stanford #5 Georgia. The Texas A&M Aggies just missed the top 5 and sit at #6 in the poll. They did manage to muster up one first-place vote however.
The only other Big 12 team to make the top 25 was TCU at #20.
The complete rankings including first-place votes can be found below.
[colored_box color=yellow]1. Alabama (58)
2. Ohio State (3)
3. Oregon
4. Stanford
5. Georgia
6. Texas A&M (1)
7. South Carolina
8. Clemson
9. Louisville
10. Florida
11. Notre Dame
12. Florida State
13. LSU
14. Oklahoma State
15. Texas
16. Oklahoma
17. Michigan
18. Nebraska
19. Boise State
20. TCU
21. UCLA
22. Northwestern
23. Wisconsin
24. USC
25. Oregon State[/colored_box]
