It came as no surprise that the Penn State football team found themselves in the Top 10 of the 2024 College Football Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll.
With the talent the Nittany Lions return on offense and some of their big playmakers, led by Abdul Carter on defense, most experts were forecasting Penn State to appear in the top half of the rankings, and they were exactly right.
This morning the first poll was released, and Penn State football was ranked No. 9 by the college coaches.
When looking over the entire poll, the Big Ten Conference had six teams ranked- Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, USC and Iowa.
Not surprisingly, the SEC conference led the way with nine teams ranked- Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, Missouri, LSU, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas A&M.
Here is the first Top 25 as selected by the coaches.
PRESEASON TOP 25 COACHES POLL
1 Georgia (46 1st place votes)
2 Ohio State (7 1st place votes)
3 Oregon
4 Texas (1 1st place vote)
5 Alabama
6 Ole Miss
7 Notre Dame
8 Michigan (1 1st place vote)
9 Penn State
10 Florida State
11 Missouri
12 LSU
13 Utah
14 Clemson
15 Tennessee
16 Oklahoma
17 Kansas State
18 Oklahoma State
19 Miami, Fla.
20 Texas A&M
21 Arizona
22 NC State
23 USC
24 Kansas
25 Iowa
The 2024 college football season kickoff on August 24th with Florida State taking on Georgia Tech. The biggest games of the opening weekend will feature Clemson vs. Georgia, Penn State vs. West Virginia, Miami, Fla. vs. Florida, Notre Dame vs. Texas A&M, North Carolina vs. Minnestoa and LSU vs. USC.
