Texas makes history with No. 1 ranking in preseason college football poll

With the start of the college football season less than a month away, the time has come to unveil the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll . And this year, the results create some history and guarantee that the campaign will begin with even more than the usual bang.

Texas will open at No. 1 for the first time in the coaches poll. The Longhorns, projected among the early favorites in the crowded SEC, were voted first by 28 of the 67 panelists in this year’s poll. They’ll get an immediate challenge to that lofty perch, however, as their Week 1 opponent, defending champion Ohio State, will start off at No. 2.