College football’s preseason coaches poll is out. Here’s where Hurricanes rank
The Miami Hurricanes will begin the season as a top-10 team according to the USA Today coaches poll.
The Hurricanes check in at No. 10 in the outlet’s initial poll, which was unveiled on Monday afternoon.
The Hurricanes, who went 10-3 last season, are scheduled to face: the No. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Aug. 31), No. 17 Florida Gators (Sept. 20) and the No. 16 SMU Mustangs (Nov. 1).
The Texas Longhorns are No. 1, followed by the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes, No. 3 Penn State Nittany Lions, No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs and No. 5 Notre Dame. The Clemson Tigers, Oregon Ducks, Alabama Crimson Tide, LSU Tigers and Miami round out the top 10.
Clemson, Miami and SMU are the only three Atlantic Coast Conference teams to crack the top 25, although Louisville, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Duke and Florida State also received votes.
The Associated Press’ preseason top-25 poll is scheduled to be released on Aug. 11.
The full USA Today poll is below, with the number of first-place votes given in parenthesis.
USA Today Coaches Poll top 25
No. 1 Texas Longhorns (28)
No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (20)
No. 3 Penn State Nittany Lions (14)
No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs (3)
No. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
No. 6 Clemson Tigers (2)
No. 7 Oregon Ducks
No. 8 Alabama Crimson Tide
No. 9 LSU Tigers
No. 10 Miami Hurricanes
No. 11 Arizona State Sun Devils
No. 12 Illinois Fighting Illini
No. 13 South Carolina Gamecocks
No. 14 Michigan Wolverines
No. 15 Ole Miss Rebels
No. 16 SMU Mustangs
No. 17 Florida Gators
No. 18 Tennessee Volunteers
No. 19 Indiana Hoosiers
No. 20 Kansas State Wildcats
No. T-21 Texas A&M Aggies
No. T-21 Iowa State Cyclones
No. 23 BYU Cougars
No. 24 Texas Tech Red Raiders
No. 25 Boise State Broncos
This story was originally published August 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM.
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