Coaches Poll: Gators, Canes among College Football’s top 25 teams

Florida Gators QB Tim Tebow struggles for extra yardage against the Miami Hurricanes during an NCAA football game in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)

The Gators and Miami Hurricanes are the only Florida teams cracking the Preseason Top-25 Coaches Poll. The Gators are 11th and the Canes 16th to begin the season.

USA Today released the first preseason Top 25 college football Coaches Poll for the 2021 season pic.twitter.com/MsBAaZ6NU4

— College Football HQ (@NCAAFootballHQ) August 10, 2021

Florida State received just one vote, while UCF earned 29 votes as both are on the outside the top 25 looking in to begin the year.

Alabama is an overwhelming choice for No. 1 in the preseason coaches' poll with 63 votes, followed by Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio State and Georgia. https://t.co/LauU8PZkTM

— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) August 10, 2021

Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma Ohio State, Georgia round out the top five so on September 4th it will be #1 Alabama vs #16 Hurricanes.

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