Florida State football lands in Top-10 of preseason US LBM Coaches Poll
Florida State football enters the 2024 season with high expectations.
The praise continued Monday, when the Seminoles landed at No. 10 In the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll.
FSU is one of four ACC teams ranked and the highest in front of No. 14 Clemson No. 19 Miami and No. 22 North Carolina State.
Georgia was ranked No. 1 by a landslide, the only team to receive double-digit first-place votes with 46.
The Bulldogs headline a record nine SEC schools listed. The conference had nine schools ranked previously in the 2015 regular season (Sept. 8, 2015).
Ohio State, Oregon, Texas and Alabama round out the top five.
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No. 8 Michigan is the lowest defending national champion since Auburn in 2011. Before that, Clemson was the lowest in 1982.
This is also the first time since the start of the BCS in 1998 that one of the teams in the championship game (Washington) is unranked the following preseason.
Michigan beat Washington 34-13 in last year's national title game in Houston.
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FSU, which went 13-1 last season and finished No. 6 in the coaches poll, was voted last week as the favorite to win the 2024 ACC Championship in the league's preseason poll.
The Seminoles won the conference last year and are looking to repeat as title winners since they won three consecutive crowns from 2012-14.
FSU opens its season against Georgia Tech Saturday, Aug. 24, in Dublin, Ireland at noon on ESPN.
Here is the US LBM preseason College Football Coaches Poll
The US LBM preseason coaches poll Top 25 with team's records FROM LAST SEASON in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last year’s final poll and first-place votes received.
Rank | School (record) | Points | Last season’s final rank | First-place votes |
1 | Georgia (13-1) | 1,364 | 3 | 46 |
2 | Ohio State (11-2) | 1,302 | 10 | 7 |
3 | Oregon (12-2) | 1,228 | 7 | 0 |
4 | Texas (12-2) | 1,223 | 4 | 1 |
5 | Alabama (12-2) | 1,077 | 5 | 0 |
6 | Mississippi (11-2) | 1,019 | 9 | 0 |
7 | Notre Dame (10-3) | 969 | 14 | 0 |
8 | Michigan (15-0) | 944 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Penn State (10-3) | 889 | 13 | 0 |
10 | Florida State (13-1) | 867 | 6 | 0 |
11 | Missouri (11-2) | 808 | 8 | 0 |
12 | LSU (10-3) | 742 | 12 | 0 |
13 | Utah (8-5) | 665 | NR | 0 |
14 | Clemson (9-4) | 657 | 20 | 0 |
15 | Tennessee (9-4) | 621 | 17 | 0 |
16 | Oklahoma (10-3) | 609 | 15 | 0 |
17 | Kansas State (9-4) | 416 | 19 | 0 |
18 | Oklahoma State (10-4) | 359 | 16 | 0 |
19 | Miami (Fla.) (7-6) | 292 | NR | 0 |
20 | Texas A&M (7-6) | 273 | NR | 0 |
21 | Arizona (10-3) | 230 | 11 | 0 |
22 | North Carolina State (9-4) | 216 | 21 | 0 |
23 | Southern California (8-5) | 199 | NR | 0 |
24 | Kansas (9-4) | 186 | 23 | 0 |
25 | Iowa (10-4) | 148 | 21 | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 2 Washington (14-1);No. 18 Louisville (10-4);No. 24 SMU (11-3); No. 25 West Virginia (9-4).Others receiving votes: Washington (14-1) 123; Louisville (10-4) 95; Virginia Tech (7-6) 64; SMU (11-3) 47; Memphis (10-3) 44; Boise State (8-6) 30; Auburn (6-7) 25; West Virginia (9-4) 22; Wisconsin (7-6) 17; Iowa State (7-6) 15; Liberty (13-1) 15; Kentucky (7-6) 12; Florida (5-7) 11; South Carolina (5-7) 10; North Carolina (8-5) 6; Maryland (8-5) 5; UNLV (9-5) 5; Central Florida (6-7) 4; Texas Tech (7-6) 4; Texas-San Antonio (9-4) 3; Appalachian State (9-5) 2; Colorado (4-8) 2; Nebraska (5-7) 2; Texas State (8-5) 2; Tulane (11-3) 2; Air Force (9-4) 1; James Madison (11-2) 1; Miami (Ohio) (11-3) 1; Syracuse (6-7) 1; Troy (11-3) 1.
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2024 season: Tim Albin, Ohio; Major Applewhite, South Alabama; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Mike Houston, East Carolina; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Chris Klieman, Kansas State; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Mike MacIntyre, Florida International; Gus Malzahn, Central Florida; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico; Jeff Monken, Army; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, UNLV; Gerad Parker, Troy; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio.
Here is Florida State football's 2024 schedule
Aug. 24 vs. Georgia Tech *Dublin, Ireland at noon p.m., ESPN
Sept. 2 vs. Boston College at 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Sept. 14 vs. Memphis
Sept. 21 vs. California
Sept. 28 at SMU
Oct. 5 vs. Clemson
Oct. 18 at Duke
Oct. 26 at (U) Miami
Nov. 2 vs. North Carolina
Nov. 9 at Notre Dame
Nov. 23 vs. Charleston Southern
Nov. 30: Florida
Dec. 7: ACC Championship
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FSU football opens 2024 season No. 10 in US LBM Coaches Poll
