Texas holds the top spot in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released Monday.
The Longhorns received 28 of the 67 first-place votes. Defending national champion Ohio State is No. 2 after receiving 20 first-place votes, followed by No. 3 Penn State, No. 4 Georgia and No. 5 Notre Dame.
Texas leads nine Southeastern Conference teams in the poll: Georgia, No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 LSU, No. 13 South Carolina, No. 15 Mississippi, No. 17 Florida, No. 18 Tennessee and No. 21 Texas A&M.
No. 12 Illinois is among six ranked Big Ten teams with Ohio State, Penn State, No. 7 Oregon, No. 14 Michigan and No. 19 Indiana.
Clemson is the top team from the Atlantic Coast Conference at No. 6, joined by No. 10 Miami and No. 16 SMU.
No. 11 Arizona State is the highest-ranked of five Big 12 teams with No. 20 Kansas State, No. 21 Iowa State (tied with Texas A&M), No. 23 BYU and No. 24 Texas Tech.
No. 25 Boise State is the only Group of Five team in the poll.
The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll will be released Aug. 11.
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