Clemson cracks the top 25 in the USA Today Coaches Pre-Season Poll

The first major preseason poll of the college football season is out, and it’s the USA Today Coaches Top 25. Clemson landed in the #23 spot while South Carolina received enough votes from the coaches to come in tied for 30th.

Ohio State was voted as the pre-season #1 team, followed by Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Notre Dame.

Clemson’s season-opening opponent, LSU, is ranked 13th. Seventh-ranked Miami is the only other pre-season top 25 team on the Clemson schedule for this season.

South Carolina’s schedule includes #3 Georgia, #8 Texas A&M, #9 Oklahoma, #11 Alabama, #18 Tennessee, and #23 Clemson.

USA Today Coaches Preseason Top 25

Rank	Team	PTS	1st
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	1741	38
2	Oregon Ducks	1637	6
3	Georgia Bulldogs	1591	7
4	Texas Longhorns	1544	2
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1524	5
6	Indiana Hoosiers	1522	14
7	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	1409	—
8	Texas A&M Aggies	1174	—
9	Oklahoma Sooners	1104	—
10	Ole Miss Rebels	1096	—
11	Alabama Crimson Tide	1050	—
12	Texas Tech Red Raiders	1034	—
13	LSU Tigers	951	—
14	USC Trojans	838	—
15	BYU Cougars	781	—
16	Michigan Wolverines	719	—
17	Penn State Nittany Lions	463	—
18	Tennessee Volunteers	428	—
19	Washington Huskies	406	—
20	SMU Mustangs	378	—
21	Utah Utes	313	—
22	Iowa Hawkeyes	291	—
23	Clemson Tigers	235	—
24	Houston Cougars	194	—
25	Missouri Tigers	158	—

Others receiving votes: Louisville 153; Florida 147; TCU 63; Illinois 62; South Carolina 50; Arizona 50; Virginia 40; Vanderbilt 37; Auburn 29; Georgia Tech 26; Boise State 24; Oklahoma State 22; UNLV 17; North Carolina State 13; Florida State 13; Virginia Tech 12; Nebraska 12; Memphis 9; Arizona State 8; James Madison 6; Duke 6; Pittsburgh 4; New Mexico 4; Western Michigan 3; Navy 3; San Diego State 2; Kansas State 1; Jacksonville State 1; Hawaii 1; California 1;