IOWA -- USA Today released its preseason college football coaches poll for the top 25 teams on Tuesday. Iowa came in at No. 22 after a 9-4 record last season. Iowa State, which went 8-4 overall, didn't make the list. The poll was released about a month before the 2026-27 season begins.
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Ohio State tops coaches poll; defending champ Indiana out of top 5
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- College football is right around the corner and Ohio State fans will be pleased to see the position of their Buckeyes in the first preseason poll. The USA Today coaches preseason rankings were released Tuesday afternoon and Ohio State begins 2026 ranked No. 1 in the country.
Both BYU and Utah will be ranked to start the 2026 college football season in the preseason US LBM Coaches Top 25 Poll. The first rankings of the year were released Tuesday, and they have BYU at No. 15 and Utah at No. 21 in the rankings. The Cougars were ranked No.
IOWA -- USA Today released its preseason college football coaches poll for the top 25 teams on Tuesday. Iowa came in at No. 22 after a 9-4 record last season. Iowa State, which went 8-4 overall, didn't make the list. The poll was released about a month before the 2026-27 season begins.
Ohio State and Oregon hold down the top two spots and the Southeastern Conference has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released Tuesday. The Buckeyes received 38 of the 72 first-place votes and were well ahead of the Ducks, who got six first-place votes. No.
NEW YORK — Ohio State and Oregon hold down the top two spots and the Southeastern Conference has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released Tuesday.
Defending College Football Playoff champion Indiana, coming off an undefeated season, is not the Big Ten conference member at the top of the preseason coaches poll.
Preseason polls are just the latest sign that it won’t be long before the arrival of football season, and a major one just dropped this week — USA Today revealed the preseason edition of the Coaches Poll. https://x.
SALT LAKE CITY (KSL.com) – The college football season is almost here when the Top 25 polls for the preseason begin rolling out. On Tuesday, the U.S. LBM Coaches Poll for the 2026 season was released, and the two Power Four programs in the Beehive State cracked into the rankings. BYU at No.
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