Amway Coaches Poll

Preseason top 25, list of voters,

1. Alabama (13-1) Points: 1,621 (61 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 1.

Opens: Sept. 1 vs. Louisville in Orlando (ABC, 8)

2. Clemson (12-2) Points: 1,547 (3). Previous: 4. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. Furman

3. Ohio State (12-2) Points: 1,458 (1). Previous: 5. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. Oregon State (ABC, noon)

4. Georgia (13-2) Points: 1,452. Previous: 2. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. Austin Peay (ESPN, 3:30)

5. Oklahoma (12-2) Points: 1,288. Previous: 3. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. Florida Atlantic (Fox, noon)

6. Washington (10-3) Points: 1,245. Previous: 15. Opens: Sept 1 vs. No. 10 Auburn in Atlanta (ABC, 3:30)

7. Wisconsin (13-1) Points: 1,243. Previous: 6. Opens: Aug. 31 vs. Western Kentucky (ESPN, 9)

8. Miami (Fla.) (10-3) Points: 1,091. Previous: 13. Opens: Sept. 2 vs. No. 24 LSU in Arlington, Texas (ABC, 7:30)

9. Penn State (11-2) Points: 1,050. Previous: 8. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. Appalachian State (BTN, 3:30)

10. Auburn (10-4) Points: 1,004. Previous: 12. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. No. 6 Washington in Atlanta (ABC, 3:30)

11. Notre Dame (10-3) Points: 892. Previous: 11. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. No. 14 Michigan (NBC, 7:30).

12. Michigan State (10-3) Points: 870. Previous: 16. Opens: Aug. 31 vs. Utah State (BTN, 7)

13. Stanford (9-5) Points: 768. Previous: 19. Opens: Aug. 31 vs. San Diego State (FS1, 9)

14. Michigan (8-5) Points: 752. Previous: not ranked. Opens: Sept. 1 at No. 11 Notre Dame (NBC, 7:30)

15. Southern California (11-3) Points: 691. Previous: 10. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. UNLV (Pac-12 Network, 4)

16. TCU (11-3) Points: 530. Previous: 9. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. Southern

17. Virginia Tech (9-4) Points: 524. Previous: 25. Opens: Sept. 3 at No. 19 Florida State (ESPN, 8)

18. Mississippi State (9-4) Points: 407. Previous: 20. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. Stephen F. Austin (ESPNU, 7:30)

19. Florida State (7-6) Points: 328. Previous: not ranked. Opens: Sept. 3 vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech (ESPN, 8)

20. West Virginia (7-6) Points: 310. Previous: not ranked. Opens: Sept. 1 vs. Tennessee in Charlotte (CBS, 3:30)

21. Texas (7-6) Points: 265. Previous: not ranked. Opens: Sept. 1 at Maryland (FS1, noon)

22. Boise State (11-3) Points: 261. Previous: 22. Opens: Sept. 1 at Troy (ESPNews, 6)

23. Central Florida (13-0) Points: 259. Previous: 7. Opens: Aug. 30 at Connecticut (ESPNU, 7) 24. LSU (9-4) Points: 254. Previous: 18. Opens: Sept. 2 vs. No. 8 Miami (Fla.) in Arlington, Texas (ABC, 7:30) 25. Oklahoma State (10-3) Points: 168. Previous: 14. Opens: Aug. 30 vs. Missouri State (FS1, 8)

Dropped out: No. 17 Northwestern (10-3), No. 21 South Florida (10-2), No. 23 N.C. State (9-4), No. 24 Memphis (10-3).

Others receiving votes: South Carolina (9-4) 138; Florida

(4-7) 135; Oregon (7-6) 105; Utah (7-6) 81; Northwestern

(10-3) 67; Texas A&M (7-6) 67; Kansas State (8-5) 35; Florida Atlantic (11-3) 27; Boston College (7-6) 23; Memphis

(10-3) 23; North Carolina State (9-4) 22; Arkansas State

(7-5) 19; Troy (11-2) 19; Appalachian State (9-4) 16; San Diego State (10-3) 15; Iowa (8-5) 8; Iowa State (8-5) 8; Kentucky (7-6) 8; Washington State (9-4) 7; South Florida

(10-2) 6; Duke (7-6) 5; Fresno State (10-4) 4; Louisville (8-5)

3; Arizona (7-6) 2; Houston (7-5) 2; Army (10-3) 1; Northern Illinois (8-5) 1.

The Amway board of coaches is made up of 65 coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools, all members of the American Football Coaches Association: Blake Anderson, Ark. State; Major Applewhite, Houston; Dino Babers, Syracuse; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; John Bonamego, Central Mich.; Terry Bowden, Akron; Jeff Brohm, Purdue; Neal Brown, Troy; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Rod Carey, Northern Ill.; Bill Clark, AlaBirmingham; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Geoff Collins, Temple; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Bob Davie, New Mexico; Butch Davis, Florida International; Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; DJ Durkin, Maryland; Herm Edwards, Ariz. State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; P.J. Fleck, Minnesota; James Franklin, Penn State; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Turner Gill, Liberty; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Boise State; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tom Herman, Texas; Dana Holgorsen, West Va.; Mike Jinks, Bowling Green; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Brad Lambert, Charlotte; Mike Leach, Washington State; Lance Leipold, Buffalo; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Doug Martin, New Mexico State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Jay Norvell, Nevada; Barry Odom, Missouri; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Chris Petersen, Washington; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Charlie Strong, South Florida; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, Fresno State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Everett Withers, Texas State.