Forget backpacks and notebooks, millions of fans are looking forward to school to start for college football season at the end of this month.
On Thursday, we got a first look at the landscape of the FBS as the Coaches Poll released their first rankings of the season.
Last year’s runner up Alabama tops the list while the defending national champions Clemson are a few spots lower:
2017 FBS Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Florida State
4. USC
5. Clemson
6. Penn State
7. Washington
8. Oklahoma
9. Michigan
10. Wisconsin
11. Oklahoma State
12. LSU
13. Auburn
14. Stanford
15. Georgia
16. Florida
17. Louisville
18. Miami (FL)
19. Kansas State
20. West Virginia
21. South Florida
22. Virginia Tech
23. Texas
24. Tennessee
25. Utah
