Amway Preseason College Football Rankings 2015: Top 25 Coaches Poll Released

The reigning national champion Ohio State Buckeyes kept most of their team intact, so it comes as little surprise that coach Urban Meyer’s team sits atop the preseason Amway poll released Thursday. SEC powerhouse Alabama will be seeking to reassert its superiority after losing to the Buckeyes in last year’s inaugural College Football Playoff. The Crimson Tide check in at No. 3 in the initial rankings, leading their conference ahead of rival Auburn, which is ranked seventh. One team that was arguably snubbed out of the playoffs thanks to OSU’s sensational finish to the season was TCU. This year, the Horned Frogs are starting high up in the college football hierarchy in second: Preseason Top 25 Amway Coaches Poll Rank Team (1st-place votes) 1 Ohio State (62) 2 TCU (1) 3 Alabama (1) 4 Baylor 5 Oregon 6 Michigan State 7 Auburn 8 Florida State 9 Georgia 10 USC 11 Notre Dame 12 Clemson 13 LSU 14 UCLA 15 Ole Miss 16 Arizona State 17 Georgia Tech 18 Wisconsin 19 Oklahoma 20 Arkansas 21 Stanford 22 Arizona 23 Missouri 24 Boise State 25 Tennessee Source: USAToday.com Ohio State garnered 62 of 64 first-place votes but still isn’t settled at the all-important quarterback position. That’s what happens with three Heisman-caliber options. Braxton Miller has the most experience, yet he is moving to play H-back/wide receiver this year, leaving the QB competition between J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones. Wide receivers coach Zach Smith believes Miller has huge upside as a pass-catcher. …

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