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Texas Atop Rankings Is Historic, but Will They Be a Week 1 Loser?

The Texas Longhorns entered the 2025 college football season ranked No. 1 in the coaches poll, marking their first time atop the rankings before the season starts.
Texas lost in last season's College Football Playoff semifinal but leads the preseason poll with 28 first-place votes amid the expanded 12-team playoff format introduced in 2024.
Arch Manning will lead Texas at quarterback in his third college start, while the Ohio State Buckeyes, defending champions with 20 first-place votes, and Penn State, with 14 first-place votes, complete the top five.
Mario Cristobal, head coach of 10th-ranked Miami, said, "The whole world knows when we're playing and who we're playing game one," highlighting team readiness as fall camps and polls shape expectations nationwide.
Iowa, ranked outside the top 25 with 49 poll points, kicks off its 2025 season at home against UAlbany on August 30, with optimism from coach Kirk Ferentz who said, "We're undefeated right now.

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Texas atop rankings is historic, but will they be a week 1 loser?

The Texas Longhorns have made history before the season even starts. They are in the top spot for the first time in the history of the college football coaches poll. But beware, Hook’em Nation, there will be a challenge to that ranking right out of the chute. Which teams are ranked in the top 5? According to the coaches' poll, the preseason top five is led by Texas with 28 first-place votes. They are ranked just ahead of the defending national c…

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Did Iowa appear in the first Coaches Poll of 2025 season?

Six Big Ten programs landed inside the American Football Coaches Association Top 25 to begin the 2025 season. Did Iowa make the cut after an 8-5 campaign in 2024?

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