Preseason Coaches Poll Announced

The USA Today Coaches Poll has been released, and the University of Alabama has taken a backseat to other college football programs.

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The No. 1 team according to coaches is the Georgia Bulldogs. The Bulldogs finished last season 13-1, with the only loss being to Alabama in the SEC championship game.

Here is the full Coaches Poll:

1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. Texas
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss
7. Notre Dame
8. Michigan
9. Penn State
10. Florida State
11. Missouri
12. LSU
13. Utah
14. Clemson
15. Tennessee
16. Oklahoma
17. Kansas State
18. Oklahoma State
19. Miami (FL.)
20. Texas A&M
21. Arizona
22. North Carolina State
23. USC
24. Kansas
25. Iowa

Alabama is ranked outside of the top three in the preseason poll for the first time since 2009, breaking a 14-year streak that Coach Saban and Alabama held.

With the current 12-team College Football Playoff model, Missouri would be the first team left outside of the playoffs due to the automatic bid to the conference champions. Utah would earn the automatic bid for the Big 12, Florida State would earn the automatic bid for the ACC, Georgia would earn the automatic bid for the SEC, and Ohio State would earn the automatic bid for the Big 10. Additionally, the highest-rated Group of Five champion earns an automatic bid, leaving Missouri and LSU on the outside looking into the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Oregon, Texas, Alabama, and Ole Miss would earn home games for the first round of the College Football Playoff.

The AP Poll, which is used for rankings prior to the release of the first College Football Playoff Poll in November, will be released on Aug. 12.