Preseason Coaches' Top 25 Poll (with first-place votes in parentheses) Rk. Team Record Pts Prv. 1 Southern California (60) 13-0 1,547 1 2 Texas (2) 11-1 1,405 4 3 Tennessee 10-3 1,259 15 4 Michigan 9-3 1,242 12 5 Oklahoma 12-1 1,223 3 6 LSU 9-3 1,109 16 7 Virginia Tech 10-3 1,090 10 8 Miami (FL) 9-3 1,080 11 9 Ohio State 8-4 1,033 19 10 Iowa 10-2 1,014 8 11 Florida 7-5 910 25 12 Florida State 9-3 879 14 13 Georgia 10-2 838 6 14 Louisville 11-1 758 7 15 Auburn 13-0 723 2 16 Purdue 7-5 616 NR 17 Texas A&M 7-5 366 NR 18 Arizona State 9-3 304 20 19 Boise State 11-1 303 13 20 California 10-2 293 9 21 Texas Tech 8-4 247 17 22 Boston College 9-3 237 21 23 Virginia 8-4 210 23 24 Alabama 6-6 194 NR 25 Pittsburgh 8-4 193 NR Others receiving votes: Fresno State 188; Oregon 145; Utah 103; Georgia Tech 88; Wisconsin 79; North Carolina State 69; Bowling Green 63; Penn State 44; Colorado 40; Minnesota 34; UCLA 24; Texas-El Paso 22; Nebraska 21; Kansas State 20; South Carolina 16; Notre Dame 13; West Virginia 12; Wyoming 12; Clemson 9; New Mexico 9; Arizona 8; Northern Illinois 8; Southern Mississippi 7; Toledo 7; Washington State 7; Iowa State 6; Michigan State 6; Memphis 5; Washington 4; Miami (Ohio) 3; Maryland 2; UAB 1; Duke 1; Kansas 1.

NEW YORK (SI.com) -- It was no suprise that defending national champion USC found itself atop the preseason Coaches' poll on Friday -- but the Trojans weren't a unanimous No. 1.

USC, which won the BCS and Associated Press titles in 2004, and the AP title in 2003, earned 60 of 62 first-place votes from the coaches. Texas, coming off a victory over Michigan in last season's Rose Bowl, was the recipient of the other two first-place nods and is ranked No. 2.

Rounding out the top five are Tennessee, the early favorite in the SEC, at No. 3; Michigan, which lost the Rose Bowl to Texas, at No. 4; and Oklahoma, the victim of an Orange Bowl blowout by USC, at No. 5.

The Big Ten had the most top-10 teams of any conference, with Ohio State at No. 9 and Iowa at No. 10 in addition to the Wolverines.

The SEC has five teams in the poll's top 15, with LSU at No. 6, Florida at No. 11 and Auburn, which went 13-0 in 2004 but lost a host of key players, checking in at No. 15.

Virginia Tech (No. 7) and Miami (No. 8) appear to be in a dead heat amongst the coaches for favorite status in the ACC, with the Hokies receiving 1,090 votes and the 'Canes receiving just 10 fewer at 1,080. The two teams finished at Nos. 10 and 11, respectively, in the final 2004 Coaches' poll.

Alabama, which went 6-6 in 2004, is the lone team appearing in the top 25 that did not have a record higher than .500 last season. The coaches ranked the Tide No. 24, with 194 votes.