Projecting 12-team field based on 2025 CFB preseason US LBM Coaches Poll

August 4, 2025

By Austin Curtright, USA TODAY NETWORK via Yahoo Sports: The preseason US LBM Coaches Poll was unveiled on Monday, Aug. 4, setting its annual benchmark for where teams stand entering the 2025 season.

There assuredly will be plenty of movement in the top 25 poll between now and the College Football Playoff, including in Week 1, which will feature a rare “Game of the Century.” And, of course, teams will overachieve or underachieve throughout the season — this is college football, after all.

Texas made program history with their first-ever preseason No. 1 selection in the Coaches Poll, followed by eight other SEC programs. The rankings weren’t as keen on the Longhorns‘ archrival, Oklahoma, which wasn’t included in the rankings for the first time since 1999 (Oklahoma had the most votes of any unranked team).

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CFP 2025: Projecting 12-team field based on preseason US LBM Coaches Poll

Here's a look at how the new CFP format would work, using the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll to fill out the 12-team field:

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