Kentucky receives votes in Preseason USA Today Coaches Poll
The preseason USA Today Sports AFCA Coaches Poll is out and your University of Kentucky Wildcats…only received votes. Yes, the Cats are outside of the Top 25, coming in at No. 32 with 34 votes. Ahead of them in the “Others Receiving Votes” category are two of their SEC East foes. South Carolina and Florida are No. 27 and No. 28. Boooo to that.
As you might expect, the back-to-back national champion Georgia Bulldogs are No. 1. Michigan is No. 2, Alabama No. 3, Ohio State No. 4, and LSU No. 5. Three more SEC teams made the Top 25, Tennessee (No. 10), Ole Miss (No. 22), and Texas A&M (No. 25). Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State, and Missouri also received votes.
Sure would be a shame if this poll made it to the Joe Craft Football Training Center. Just saying.
USA Today/AFCA Coaches Poll – August 7
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Georgia | 0-0 | 1643 (61) |
| 2 | Michigan | 0-0 | 1510 |
| 3 | Alabama | 0-0 | 1489 (4) |
| 4 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 1485 (1) |
| 5 | Louisiana State | 0-0 | 1294 |
| 6 | Southern California | 0-0 | 1228 |
| 7 | Penn State | 0-0 | 1181 |
| 8 | Florida State | 0-0 | 1145 |
| 9 | Clemson | 0-0 | 1078 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 0-0 | 991 |
| 11 | Washington | 0-0 | 941 |
| 12 | Texas | 0-0 | 848 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 841 |
| 14 | Utah | 0-0 | 839 |
| 15 | Oregon | 0-0 | 820 |
| 16 | Texas Christian | 0-0 | 655 |
| 17 | Kansas State | 0-0 | 440 |
| 18 | Oregon State | 0-0 | 365 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 0-0 | 320 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 0-0 | 315 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 309 |
| 22 | Mississippi | 0-0 | 303 |
| 23 | Tulane | 0-0 | 225 |
| 24 | Texas Tech | 0-0 | 200 |
| 25 | Texas A&M | 0-0 | 196 |
Others Receiving Votes: Iowa 169; South Carolina 89; Florida 63; Texas-San Antonio 59; Pittsburgh 52; UCLA 42; Kentucky 34; Baylor 28; Troy 25; Arkansas 20; NC State 19; Fresno State 19; Boise State 18; Auburn 18; Minnesota 16; Miami 16; Mississippi State 13; Oklahoma State 12; Missouri 11; Maryland 10; Southern Methodist 8; South Alabama 8; Illinois 7; Wake Forest 6; Air Force 6; Toledo 5; Washington State 4; Houston 3; Duke 2; Brigham Young 2; Arizona 2; Memphis 1; Kansas 1; James Madison 1.
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