The defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide are the #1 ranked college football team in the country, according to the first USA Today coaches poll of the 2016 season.
Alabama is one of six Southeastern Conference schools ranked in the Top 25, joined by #6 Louisiana State, #10 Tennessee, #12 Ole Miss, #16 Georgia, and #25 Florida.
Here is the official USA Today preseason poll:
1 – Alabama
2 – Clemson
3 – Oklahoma
4 – Florida State
5 – Ohio State
6 – LSU
7 – Stanford
8 – Michigan
9 – Notre Dame
10 – Tennessee
11 – Michigan State
12 – Mississippi
13 – Houston
14 – TCU
15 – Iowa
16 – Georgia
17 – USC (Southern California)
18 – Washington
19 – Oklahoma State
20 – North Carolina
21 – Baylor
22 – Oregon
23 – Louisville
24 – UCLA
25- Florida
