Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25 College Football Rankings 2020 to 2024

Coaches Poll Preseason Rankings 2020 to 2024

Where were the top teams ranked in the preseason college football Coaches Polls? Here are the USA TODAY Coaches Polls in the 2020s along with the combined preseason rankings ... so far. This will be updated year after year through the decade.

CFN devised a scoring system giving every preseason No. 1 team from 2020 to 2024 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom. Scroll down for the preseason Coaches Poll top 25 rankings by year

Preseason Coaches Polls
1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s
Coaches Poll All-Time Preseason Rankings

Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25 Rankings 2020 to 2024

1 Alabama 117 (1)
T2 Ohio State 116 (2)
T2 Georgia 116 (3)
4 Clemson 100 (4)
5 Notre Dame 88 (5)
6 Oregon 79 (7)
7 Oklahoma 77 (6)
8 Michigan 73 (T8)
9 Penn State 71 (12)
10 LSU 69 (T8)
11 Texas 63 (13)
12 Texas A&M 59 (10)
13 USC 55 (11)
14 Utah 49 (T14)
15 Oklahoma State 37 (18)
16 Wisconsin 36 (T14)
17 Florida State 34 (23)
18 Florida 33 (16)
19 North Carolina 30 (17)
T20 Ole Miss 27 (T37)
T20 Tennessee 27 (T24)
T22 Miami 26 (T21)
23 Cincinnati 24 (19)
24 Washington 20 (20)
25 Iowa State 19 (T21)

Also Receiving Votes or Points: Kansas State 18, Baylor 16, Auburn 15, Michigan State 12, Missouri 15, NC State 16, Iowa 12, Pitt 10, TCU 10, Indiana 9, Minnesota 8, Oregon State 8, Wake Forest 7, Arizona 5, Kentucky 5, UCF 5, Washington 5, Arkansas 3, Louisiana 3, Tulane 3, Coastal Carolina 2, Kansas 2, Texas Tech 2, Virginia Tech 2, Houston 1

Preseason AP Polls
All-Time Top 25 | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s
1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s

2024 Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25

1 Georgia
2 Ohio State
3 Oregon
4 Texas
5 Alabama
6 Ole Miss
7 Notre Dame
8 Michigan
9 Penn State
10 Florida State
11 Missouri
12 LSU
13 Utah
14 Clemson
15 Tennessee
16 Oklahoma
17 Kansas State
18 Oklahoma State
19 Miami
20 Texas A&M
21 Arizona
22 NC State
23 USC
24 Kansas
25 Iowa

2023 Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25

1 Georgia
2 Michigan
3 Alabama
4 Ohio State
5 LSU
6 USC
7 Penn State
8 Florida State
9 Clemson
10 Tennessee
11 Washington
12 Texas
13 Notre Dame
14 Utah
15 Oregon
16 TCU
17 Kansas State
18 Oregon State
19 Oklahoma
20 North Carolina
21 Wisconsin
22 Ole Miss
23 Tulane
24 Texas Tech
25 Texas A&M

2022 Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25

1 Alabama
2 Ohio State
3 Georgia
4 Clemson
5 Notre Dame
6 Michigan
7 Texas A&M
8 Utah
9 Oklahoma
10 Baylor
11 Oklahoma State
12 Oregon
13 NC State
14 Michigan State
15 USC
16 Pitt
17 Miami
18 Texas
19 Wake Forest
20 Wisconsin
21 Kentucky
22 Cincinnati
23 Arkansas
24 Ole Miss
25 Houston

2022 Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25

1 Alabama
2 Ohio State
3 Georgia
4 Clemson
5 Notre Dame
6 Michigan
7 Texas A&M
8 Utah
9 Oklahoma
10 Baylor
11 Oklahoma State
12 Oregon
13 NC State
14 Michigan State
15 USC
16 Pitt
17 Miami
18 Texas
19 Wake Forest
20 Wisconsin
21 Kentucky
22 Cincinnati
23 Arkansas
24 Ole Miss
25 Houston

Preseason AP Polls
All-Time Top 25 | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s
1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s

2021 Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25

1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Oklahoma
4 Ohio State
5 Georgia
6 Texas A&M
7 Notre Dame
8 Iowa State
9 North Carolina
10 Cincinnati
11 Florida
12 Oregon
13 LSU
14 USC
15 Wisconsin
16 Miami
17 Indiana
18 Iowa
19 Texas
20 Penn State
21 Washington
22 Oklahoma State
23 Louisiana
24 Coastal Carolina
25 Ole Miss

2020 Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25

1 Clemson
2 Ohio State
3 Alabama
4 Georgia
5 LSU
6 Oklahoma
7 Penn State
8 Florida
9 Oregon
10 Notre Dame
11 Auburn
12 Wisconsin
13 Texas A&M
14 Texas
15 Michigan
16 Oklahoma State
17 USC
18 Minnesota
19 North Carolina
20 Utah
21 UCF
22 Cincinnati
23 Iowa
24 Virginia Tech
25 Iowa State

Preseason Coaches Polls
1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s
Coaches Poll All-Time Preseason Rankings

Preseason AP Polls
All-Time Top 25 | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s
1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s