Clemson will start the 2019 college football season in the same position it ended the last one, as it earned the No. 1 spot in the first Amway Coaches Poll Thursday.
As expected, Dabo Swinney's Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide were first and second, with the defending national champion receiving 59 first-place votes compared to the six garnered by Nick Saban's program.
Last season's National Championship participants earned all of the first-place positions on the ballots of 65 head coaches from across the FBS.
The Tigers and Crimson Tide should be talked about in the same breath on plenty of occasions over the next few months, as they are both title contenders and possess potential Heisman Trophy winners in Trevor Lawrence and Tua Tagovailoa.