Texas holds the top spot in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released on Monday.

The Longhorns received 28 of the 67 first-place votes. Defending national champion Ohio State is No. 2 after receiving 20 first-place votes and the Buckeyes are followed by No. 3 Penn State, No. 4 Georgia and No. 5 Notre Dame.

Texas leads nine Southeastern Conference teams in the poll.

Clemson is the top team from the Atlantic Coast Conference at No. 6, with No. 7 Oregon, No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 LSU and No. 10 Miami (Fla.) following the Tigers.

Arizona State is the highest-ranked Big 12 team at No. 11. Kansas State comes in at No. 20, Iowa State is tied for No. 21, BYU is listed at No. 23, and Texas Tech is polled at No. 24.

Boise State, at No. 25, is the only Group of Five team in the poll.

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll will be released on Monday, Aug. 11.

The preseason US LBM coaches poll Top 25 with team’s records from last season in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last year’s final poll, and first-place votes received.

1. Texas (13-3) 1,606 3 28

2. Ohio State (14-2) 1,565 1 20

3. Penn State (13-3) 1,525 5 14

4. Georgia (11-3) 1,466 6 3

5. Notre Dame (14-2) 1,360 2 0

6. Clemson (10-4) 1,324 11 2

7. Oregon (13-1) 1,307 4 0

8. Alabama (9-4) 1,210 17 0

9. LSU (9-4) 1,056 — 0

10. Miami (Fla.) (10-3) 823 18 0

11. Arizona State (11-3) 806 7 0

12. Illinois (10-3) 734 16 0

13. South Carolina (9-4) 665 19 0

14. Michigan (8-5) 580 — 0

15. Mississippi (10-3) 573 13 0

16. SMU (11-3) 555 11 0

17. Florida (8-5) 498 — 0

18. Tennessee (10-3) 492 8 0

19. Indiana (11-2) 460 10 0

20. Kansas State (9-4) 438 — 0

21. Iowa State (11-3) 392 15 0

21. Texas A&M (8-5) 392 — 0

23. Brigham Young (11-2) 287 14 0

24. Texas Tech (8-5) 261 — 0

25. Boise State (12-2) 246 9 0

Others receiving votes: LSU (9-4) 44; Louisville (9-4) 28; Navy (10-3) 28; Kansas State (9-4) 20; Michigan (8-5) 20; Ohio (11-3) 6; TCU (9-4) 5; Marshall (10-3) 1.