Where Alabama ranks in the 2024 preseason US LBM Coaches Poll
The preseason US LBM Coaches Poll was released on Monday, and Alabama was at No. 5.
This marks the lowest preseason ranking for the Crimson Tide since 2009 when Alabama was also voted fifth by the panel of coaches. Today’s poll signals the end of a 14-season Tide streak of being among the top three teams in the country before the start of the season.
Alabama did go on to win its first national championship under Nick Saban in 2009. This fall will be the first with head coach Kalen DeBoer, who was hired to replace Saban in January.
Alabama was one of nine SEC schools to make the preseason poll, and the Crimson Tide will face five of those teams – Georgia, Missouri, LSU, Tennessee and Oklahoma – this fall.
From USA Today, the US LBM Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen by random draw – conference by conference plus independents – from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the AFCA their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24 and so on down to one point for the 25th-place team.
The Associated Press preseason top 25 will be announced in one week.
Preseason US LBM Coaches Poll
1. Georgia (46 first-place votes)
2. Ohio State (7)
3. Oregon
4. Texas (1)
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss
7. Notre Dame
8. Michigan (1)
9. Penn State
10. Florida State
11. Missouri
12. LSU
13. Utah
14. Clemson
15. Tennessee
16. Oklahoma
17. Kansas State
18. Oklahoma State
19. Miami
20. Texas A&M
21. Arizona
22. NC State
23. USC
24. Kansas
25. Iowa
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