Predicting the Amway Coaches Poll Preseason Top 25

It’s really difficult to predict the college football preseason top 25 in any given year. But you throw in the coronavirus, the lack of spring and summer practices, and the fact that players all across the country are choosing to opt out of playing this season, and it becomes a near-impossible task.

It is still doable, however. In fact, it makes this year’s prediction of the top 25 that much more interesting.

This list of top 25 teams will be mostly based off how programs did last season, talent returning, as well as the new signing class and projecting how certain players develop.

Here’s how the first Amway Coaches Poll could look on Thursday:

1. Ohio State

2. Clemson

3. Alabama

4. LSU

5. Georgia

6. Oklahoma

7. Penn State

8. Oregon

9. Wisconsin