Preseason Coaches Poll Released

By: Joe Lanza

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on August 1, 2013, 12:03 PM | 37 comments

Virginia Tech is unranked. I'm not sure if that's deservedly, or undeservedly so. Yes the offense is unproven and shallow across the depth chart, but Frank Beamer has won a lot of games with a stout defense and sound special teams, which the Hokies are almost certain to have this season. However, it seems a 7-6 season and a spring game lacking offensive firepower didn't impress the voters. Historically, Tech's embraced the underdog role, and this will be more motivation for the Hokies.

There are 6 SEC teams, 5 Big Ten teams, 5 Pac-12 teams, 4 Big 12 teams, and 2 ACC teams.

Rank	Team	Record	Points	First Place Votes	Previous Rank
1	Alabama	13-1	1545	58	1
2	Ohio St.	12-0	1427	3	NR
3	Oregon	12-1	1397	0	2
4	Stanford	12-2	1262	0	6
5	Georgia	12-2	1250	0	4
6	Texas A&M	11-2	1215	1	5
7	South Carolina	11-2	1136	0	7
8	Clemson	11-2	1047	0	9
9	Louisville	11-2	1010	0	13
10	Florida	11-2	930	0	10
11	Notre Dame	12-1	872	0	3
12	Florida St.	12-2	844	0	8
13	LSU	10-3	797	0	12
14	Oklahoma St.	8-5	726	0	NR
15	Texas	9-4	622	0	18
16	Oklahoma	10-3	620	0	15
17	Michigan	8-5	589	0	NR
18	Nebraska	10-4	426	0	23
19	Boise St.	11-2	420	0	14
20	TCU	7-6	400	0	NR
21	UCLA	9-5	202	0	NR
22	Northwestern	10-3	186	0	16
23	Wisconsin	8-0	172	0	NR
24	USC	7-6	165	0	NR
25	Oregon St.	9-4	135	0	19
Schools Dropped Out No. 11 Kansas State (11-2), No. 17 Utah State (11-2), No. 20 Vanderbilt (9-4), No. 21 San Jose State (11-2), No. 22 Cincinnati (10-3), No. 24 Northern Illinois (12-2), No. 25 Tulsa (11-3). Others Receiving Votes Kansas State (11-2) 113; Miami (Fla.) 101; Michigan State 89; Baylor 80; Virginia Tech 65; Fresno State 62; Arizona State 51; Mississippi 32; Vanderbilt (9-4) 29; Utah State (11-2) 23; Brigham Young 20; North Carolina 19; Northern Illinois (12-2) 19; Tulsa (11-3) 9; Ohio 8; San Jose State (11-2) 8; Arizona 5; Cincinnati (10-3) 3; East Carolina 3; Kent State 3; Mississippi State 3; Washington 3; Central Florida 2; Arkansas 1; Arkansas State 1; Rutgers 1; Tennessee 1; Toledo 1. List of Voters The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 62 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2013 season: David Bailiff, Rice; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Tim Beckman, Illinois; Bret Bielema, Arkansas; Bill Blankenship, Tulsa; Terry Bowden, Akron; Art Briles, Baylor; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Matt Campbell, Toledo; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Dave Christensen, Wyoming; Dave Clawson, Bowling Green; Larry Coker, Texas-San Antonio; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State; Ron English, Eastern Michigan; Larry Fedora, North Carolina; Jimbo Fisher, Florida State; Kyle Flood, Rutgers; Dennis Franchione, Texas State; James Franklin, Vanderbilt; Al Golden, Miami (Fla.); Todd Graham, Arizona State; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Arkansas State; Bobby Hauck, UNLV; Mark Helfrich, Oregon; Brady Hoke, Michigan; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Doc Holliday, Marshall; Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana-Lafayette; Curtis Johnson, Tulane; Joey Jones, South Alabama; June Jones, Southern Methodist; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Jerry Kill, Minnesota; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Mike Leach, Washington State; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Dan McCarney, North Texas; Bronco Mendenhall, Brigham Young; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Les Miles, LSU; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; George OLeary, Central Florida; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Arizona; Nick Saban, Alabama; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Charlie Strong, Louisville; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&amp;M; Don Treadwell, Miami (Ohio); Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati; Kyle Whittingham, Utah. AFCA policy bars schools under major NCAA or conference sanctions from receiving votes.