The first marquee game of the college football season will likely pit No. 1 versus No. 2 in all polls. The Texas Longhorns and Ohio State Buckeyes were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the preseason Coaches Poll. There’s a good chance they are in the same positions in the preseason AP Top 25 as well. A year ago, …
Read More »Texas holds the top spot in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released on Monday. The Longhorns received 28 of the 67 first-place votes. Defending national champion Ohio State is No. 2 after receiving 20 first-place votes and the Buckeyes are followed by No. 3 Penn State, No. 4 Georgia and No. 5 Notre Dame. Texas leads nine Southeastern …
Read More »Texas opens season No. 1 in Coaches Poll for first time in program history 247Sports Longhorns, Buckeyes top preseason coaches’ poll ESPN Coaches Poll top 25 reactions: Michigan overrated, Clemson underrated in preseason college football rankings CBS Sports The preseason USA Today Coaches Poll has arrived. Here’s where LSU football stands. NOLA.com Texas tops preseason college football US LBM Coaches Poll. Odds are against …
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The SEC landed nine teams in the USA Today 2025 preseason college football Coaches Poll to lead all conferences, with Texas holding off two Big Ten powerhouses to open as the preseason No. 1. The Longhorns, which finished No. 3 last year after a College Football Playoff semifinal exit, earned 28 first-place votes, just ahead of defending national champion Ohio …
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BYU’s questions at quarterback haven’t kept the Cougars from being ranked to start the 2025 season. BYU is ranked No. 23 in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll released Monday morning, with 287 points. That comes a year after the Cougars went 11-2 overall, finished in a four-way tie at 7-2 in the Big 12 and won the Alamo Bowl. …
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The coaches have weighed in on “who should start where” as the college football season opens, with Texas, Ohio State, Penn State, Georgia and Notre Dame filling the top five spots in the coaches’ preseason top 25 poll released Monday. It likely will not stay that way for long, as the No. 1 Longhorns will visit the No. 2 Buckeyes …
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“Louie threw us for a loop, for sure,” Wallner said. “Definitely feel for him in that sense just being from Minnesota, his wife working in Minnesota. That’s going to [hurt] for a little bit. He’s an awesome player and he’s going to be fine through it, but I definitely feel for him.” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli met with all the …
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ATLANTA — There is only one rock-solid certainty in the Southeastern Conference: The football coaching lineup will change in the next six months. Perhaps massively. For just the third time in the last 45 years, there were no coaching changes last year in the most tumultuous league in America. Going a second straight year without a firing, a resignation or …
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Editor’s note: All week, The Athletic is looking back at the best of the first 25 years of the 2000s in men’s college basketball. Also read the top 25 players and submit your own picks. In college basketball, most coaches are judged by their success in March and April. It’s a slightly flawed way to judge because of the one-and-done tournament setup. Consider …
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NFL coaches will be wearing new and improved headsets this season. Sony, which provides the headsets that all NFL coaches wear on the sidelines and in the booth, announced today that it has designed new headsets after consulting with the league, coaches and football operations staff. The headsets have been tested in extreme temperatures and in the rain, and were …
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