Practice starts today, the Georgia game is less than a month away, and we have our first official preseason poll of the college football season. And it's fantastic.
Boise State debuted at No. 7 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll released today. The Broncos ended the season at No. 7 last year after starting at No. 5 in the coaches poll. TCU is the only other non-BCS team in the Top 25 (the Horned Frogs are at No. 15). Georgia opens at No. 22
Here's your Top Ten. The rest is after the jump. Happy with this ranking for Boise State?
- Oklahoma (42) - 1454
- Alabama (13) - 1414
- Oregon (2) - 1309
- LSU (2) - 1296
- Florida State - 1116
- Stanford - 1101
- Boise State - 1065
- Oklahoma State - 933
- Texas A&M - 885
- Wisconsin - 829
11. Nebraska - 814
12. South Carolina - 779
13. Virginia Tech - 767
14. Arkansas - 750
15. TCU - 687
16. Ohio State - 631
17. Michigan State - 536
18. Notre Dame - 440
19. Auburn - 329
20. Mississippi State - 301
21. Missouri - 266
22. Georgia - 260
23. Florida - 240
24. Texas - 162
25. Penn State - 161
Others receiving votes: Arizona State (6-6) 158; West Virginia (9-4) 149; Utah (10-3) 50; Miami (Fla.) (7-6) 49; Iowa (8-5) 41; Northwestern (7-6) 30; Arizona (7-6) 28; Central Florida (11-3) 22; Michigan (7-6) 19; Air Force (9-4) 15; North Carolina (8-5) 14; Houston (5-7) 13; South Florida (8-5) 9; Hawaii (10-4) 8; Clemson (6-7) 7; Tennessee (6-7) 7; Southern Miss (8-5) 6; Brigham Young (7-6) 5; North Carolina State (9-4) 4; Northern Illinois (11-3) 4; Oregon State (5-7) 4; Pittsburgh (8-5) 3; Washington (7-6) 3; Georgia Tech (6-7) 1; Nevada (13-1) 1.