2013 College Football Preseason Coaches Poll Aug 1, 2013 Sports Illustrated "article":http://college-football.si.com/2013/08/01/preseason-coaches-poll/ q. The first Coaches’ Poll of the year was finally released on Thursday morning, so why am I even keeping you from it? The complete preseason rankings are listed below, with the number of first-place votes for each team included in parentheses. (Spoiler alert: Defending national champion Alabama received most of them.) q.. # Alabama (58) # Ohio State (3) # Oregon # Stanford # Georgia # Texas A&M (1) # South Carolina # Clemson # Louisville # Florida # Notre Dame # Florida State # LSU # Oklahoma State # Texas # Oklahoma # Michigan # Nebraska # Boise State # TCU # UCLA # Northwestern # Wisconsin # USC # Oregon State #football