Georgia ranked 3rd in 2019 preseason Coaches Poll

The Georgia Bulldogs are ranked 3rd in the 2019 preseason Coaches Poll Top 25. UGA, which finished 11-3 overall and 7-1 in the SEC in 2018, received a total of 1,447 points.

Four of Georgia’s 2019 opponents are ranked in the preseason poll. Florida is ranked 8th, Notre Dame is ranked 9th, Texas A&M is ranked 11th, and Auburn is ranked 16th.

Clemson tops the preseason Top 25 rankings with 59 of the 65 first-place votes and 1,619 points overall. SEC teams ranked in the Top 25 include Alabama (2nd), Georgia, (3rd),  LSU (6th), Florida (8th), Texas A&M (11th), and Auburn (16th).

The Big Ten leads all conferences with seven teams in the Top 25 poll. The SEC is just behind with six teams, and they are followed by the Pac-12 (5), Big 12 (3), ACC (2), AAC (1), and Independents (1).

The complete 2019 Preseason Coaches Poll is listed below (first place votes in parentheses):

1. Clemson (59)
2. Alabama (6)
3. Georgia
4. Oklahoma
5. Ohio State
6. LSU
7. Florida
8. Michigan
9. Notre Dame
10. Texas
11. Texas A&M
12. Washington
13. Oregon
14. Penn State
15. Utah
16. Auburn
17 (t). Wisconsin
17 (t). UCF
19. Iowa
20. Michigan State
21. Washington State
22. Syracuse
23. Stanford
24. Iowa State
25. Northwestern

Other receiving votes: Nebraska 152; Boise State 118; Mississippi State 111; Miami 94; Army 91; Kentucky 79; Virginia Tech 64; Texas Christian 63; Southern California 47; Utah State 32; Fresno State 32; Virginia 30; Cincinnati 25; West Virginia 24; Memphis 24; Oklahoma State 20; South Carolina 15; NC State 12; Duke 10; Boston College 5; Florida State 4; Baylor 4; Appalachian State 4; North Texas 3; Houston 3; UCLA 2; Temple 2; Arizona State 2; Troy 1; Tennessee 1; Mississippi 1; Minnesota 1.