Clemson ranked in Top 5 of Preseason Coaches Poll

Clemson is ranked No. 5 to begin the season

by Tony Crumpton - Assoc. Editor - Thu Aug 03 12:12:59 GMT-04:00 2017

The Amway Coaches Poll was released on Thursday and Clemson was ranked No. 5 in the Top 25 preseason rankings.

Clemson will start their upcoming season on Sept. 2 against Kent State in Death Valley.

ACC schools in the rankings were Florida State (#3), Clemson (#5), Louisville (#17), Miami (#18), and Virginia Tech #22). Pittsburgh, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, and Syracuse also received some preseason votes.

The ACC ranks second among all conferences with five teams in the Top 25 and is the only conference with two teams among the top five.

Amway USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll

1 Alabama 14-1 1603 49 2 1 1/1

2 Ohio State 11-2 1512 5 6 4 2/2

3 Florida State 10-3 1434 4 8 5 3/3

4 Southern California 10-3 1415 0 5 1 4/4

5 Clemson 14-1 1367 7 1 -4 5/5

6 Penn State 11-3 1257 0 7 1 6/6

7 Washington 12-2 1245 0 4 -3 7/7

8 Oklahoma 11-2 1237 0 3 -5 8/8

9 Michigan 10-3 959 0 10 1 9/9

10 Wisconsin 11-3 936 0 9 -1 10/10

11 Oklahoma State 10-3 912 0 11 0 11/11

12 Louisiana State 8-4 834 0 14 2 12/12

13 Auburn 8-5 819 0 22 9 13/13

14 Stanford 10-3 732 0 12 -2 14/14

15 Georgia 8-5 701 0 36 21 15/15

16 Florida 9-4 681 0 13 -3 16/16

17 Louisville 9-4 676 0 20 3 17/17

18 Miami 9-4 472 0 23 5 18/18

19 Kansas State 9-4 339 0 27 8 19/19

20 West Virginia 10-3 319 0 17 -3 20/20

21 South Florida 11-2 247 0 19 -2 21/21

22 Virginia Tech 10-4 235 0 16 -6 22/22

23 Texas 5-7 193 0 NR 0 23/23

24 Tennessee 9-4 155 0 24 0 24/24

25 Utah 9-4 109 0 21 -4 25/25

Others Receiving Votes

Washington State 99; Colorado 72; TCU 58; Boise State 49; Notre Dame 49; Texas A&M 46; Pittsburgh 45; North Carolina State 39; Oregon 37; Northwestern 25; Nebraska 23; Memphis 22; Arkansas 22; Mississippi State 19; San Diego State 18; Appalachian State 11; Brigham Young 10; Georgia Tech 10; Tulsa 10; Wyoming 9; Western Michigan 8; Temple 8; North Carolina 8; Houston 7; Troy 6; Minnesota 6; Iowa 5; Louisiana Tech 4; Syracuse 3; Arizona 2; Army 1; Colorado State 1; Michigan State 1; Maryland 1; Toledo 1; UCLA 1.