The 2025 college football season is fast approaching, and with less than three weeks until kickoff, anticipation is rising. Monday's release of the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll provides the first official glimpse at how the projected top programs stack up entering another pivotal campaign.

Ohio State is the defending national champion, though not No. 1 in the newly released preseason US LBM coaches poll.

The 2025 college football season starts this month and fans finally have a sense of who the top teams in the country will be. Among them is the defending national champions the Ohio State Buckeyes, who open the season ranked No.