The defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes have been announced as the No. 1 ranked in the Amway Preseason Coaches Poll released Thursday.

Ohio State received 62 of 64 first-place votes, with TCU and Alabama both receiving 1 first-place vote each.

The official preseason coaches poll:

1. Ohio State
2. TCU
3. Alabama
4. Baylor
5. Oregon
6. Michigan State
7. Auburn
8. Florida State
9. Georgia
10. USC
11. Notre Dame
12. Clemson
13. LSU
14. UCLA
15. Ole Miss
16. Arizona State
17. Georgia Tech
18. Wisconsin
19. Oklahoma
20. Arkansas
21. Stanford
22. Arizona
23. Missouri
24. Boise State
25. Tennessee