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.)
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- 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