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Happy Damned August, campers. We’ve got a lot of hot days to trudge through until the Texas State opener, but by jove at least we have things to yell about.
Amway Coaches Poll: Clemson ranks as preseason No. 1 for first time in school history https://t.co/dHhrJQajlQ
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 1, 2019
The USA Today Top 25 Poll, Preseason Edition Extraordinaire has been released, and you can read that sucker right here.
Amway Coaches Poll preseason top 25
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Clemson (59) | 1619 |
| 2 | Alabama (6) | 1566 |
| 3 | Georgia | 1447 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 1415 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 1368 |
| 6 | Louisiana State | 1218 |
| 7 | Michigan | 1155 |
| 8 | Florida | 1103 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 1100 |
| 10 | Texas | 1038 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 893 |
| 12 | Washington | 834 |
| 13 | Oregon | 787 |
| 14 | Penn State | 699 |
| 15 | Utah | 642 |
| 16 | Auburn | 606 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 436 |
| 17 | Central Florida | 436 |
| 19 | Iowa | 343 |
| 20 | Michigan State | 313 |
| 21 | Washington State | 274 |
| 22 | Syracuse | 227 |
| 23 | Stanford | 200 |
| 24 | Iowa State | 169 |
| 25 | Northwestern | 161 |
Texas A&M is ranked #11. That’s pretty good! I suspect that most people would be thrilled by this, were it not for a certain other team sneaking in at #10. If only there were a simple way to decide which team is better! Like maybe on a field of play or something? But we will never know, because BUSINESS/footprint/don’t need ‘em why should we help them clearly they are struggling on their own without us!
Anyway, let’s have fun with it! Alabama, Georgia, LSU, and Florida all cracked the top ten. Auburn’s tucked in there at #16. That’s it, only six SEC squads in the top 25. Give us your most molten taeks in the comments, and let’s burn through this horrific month in style.