Pre-Season Polls
The gold standard of human polls, until the Playoff committee starts releasing its top 25s later in the year.
- Alabama (42)
- Clemson (18)
- Georgia
- Wisconsin (1)
- Washington
- Oklahoma
- Miami
- Auburn
- Michigan State
- Stanford
- Michigan
- USC
- TCU
- West Virginia
- Mississippi State
- Florida State
- Virginia Tech
- UCF
- Texas
- Oregon
- LSU
Other teams that received votes in the initial poll were South Carolina (96), Florida (68), Utah (60), Oklahoma St.