The USA Today Coaches Pre-Season Top 25 was released Monday, as was the Stats Perform FCS Pre-Season Top 25. Clemson is ranked 14th in the FBS ranking and Furman is ranked 12th in the FCS poll.
Coming off a 9-4 season and missing the College Football Playoffs, it’s the first time the Tigers have not been ranked in the top ten in this poll since 2015, and it’s their lowest ranking since they were 14th in 2014.
South Carolina received enough votes to accumulate ten points in the poll, well out of the top 25.
Furman is coming off a Southern Conference Championship season in which the Paladins went 10-3. They have been ranked in each of the last 21 Stats Perform FCS polls.
USA Today Coaches Pre-Season Top 25
Team (First Place)
- Georgia (46)
- Ohio State (7)
- Oregon
- Texas (1)
- Alabama
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- Michigan
- Penn State
- Florida State
- Missouri
- LSU
- Utah
- Clemson
- Tennessee
- Oklahoma
- Kansas State
- Oklahoma State
- Miami (FL)
- Texas A&M
- Arizona
- NC State
- USC
- Kansas
- Iowa
FCS Perform Pre-Season Top 25
Team (First Place) W-L Pts. Prv- South Dakota St. (52) 15-0 1396 1
- North Dakota St. (3) 11-4 1327 3
- Montana 13-2 1285 2
- Montana St. (1) 8-4 1199 9
- South Dakota 10-3 1155 4
- Villanova 10-3 1151 6
- Idaho 9-4 1021 8
- Sacramento St. 8-5 874 13
- Chattanooga 8-5 868 14
- Southern Illinois 8-5 832 12
- Central Arkansas 7-4 724 NR
- Furman 10-3 678 7
- Richmond 9-4 625 15
- Incarnate Word 8-2 605 22
- William & Mary 6-5 546 NR
- Albany 11-4 527 5
- Lafayette 9-3 359 21
- UC Davis 7-4 351 24
- Illinois St. 6-5 350 NR
- Western Carolina 7-4 318 23
- Tarleton St. 8-3 302 NR
- Weber St. 6-5 268 NR
- Nicholls St. 6-5 201 NR
- North Dakota 7-5 197 16
- Youngstown St. 8-5 177 19