Alabama third in preseason Coaches Poll

Alabama is third is the 2015 preseason Coaches Poll behind National Champion Ohio State and TCU.

Ohio State was named overwhelming No.1 with 62 first-placed votes, with TCU and the Crimson Tide garnering one each. Baylor is fourth and Oregon rounds out the Top Five.

Of other SEC schools to be named to the Top 25, Auburn was No.7 and Georgia No.9. The SEC leads the way with three teams in the Top 10, with the Big 12, Pac-12 and Big Ten both having two.

LSU is 13th, Ole Miss is 15th, Arkansas is 20th, Missouri is 23rd and Tennessee is 25th.

Mississippi State and Texas A&M were voted just outside the Top 10 in 26th and 27th.

South Carolina was voted 36th, Florida 48th – the same as Georgia Southern, and Kentucky was 64th.