Longhorns debut at #15 in 2013 USA TODAY Preseason Coaches Top 25 Poll

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]