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Ohio State and Oregon hold down the top two spots and the Southeastern Conference has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released Tuesday.
The Buckeyes received 38 of the 72 first-place votes and were well ahead of the Ducks, who got six first-place votes.
Penn State was ranked No. 17.
No. 3 Georgia received seven first-place votes, No. 4 Texas got two and No. 5 Notre Dame five.
Defending national champion Indiana was No. 6 with 14 first-place votes and was followed by Miami, the team it beat in the College Football Playoff championship game. Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Mississippi rounded out the top 10.
Texas Tech, at No. 12, was the highest-ranked of four Big 12 teams in the poll. The SEC, with nine, had the most ranked teams.
No teams from a Group of Six conference were in the Top 25.
The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll will be released at noon Eastern on Aug. 17.
More offense
NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma leaned on an elite defense to reach the College Football Playoff in Brent Venables' fourth year as coach. Much of that defense returns, but the Sooners will need more production from their running backs and tight ends to make a return trip.
Oklahoma is looking to boost production from the tight end position heading into fall camp, which begins Wednesday, and Venables has added former NFL All-Pro Jason Witten to his coaching staff to help spark improvement.
Witten inherits a mix of veterans and young players, including transfers Hayden Hansen (Florida) and Rocky Beers (Colorado State).
"We're a part of the run game. Being the guy who's usually at the end of the line of scrimmage you're an extension of the offensive line," Witten said Tuesday. "That's a tough battle, going against defensive ends and linebackers in this conference. When the ball gets to us we've got to be able to seal gaps, we've got to set the edge, we've got to create lanes."
Watch List
– Pitt offensive linemen Ryan Baer and BJ Williams were named to the 2026 Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List, the Football Writers Association of America announced Monday. The Outland Trophy is presented to the nation's top interior lineman on offense or defense.