Northwestern has finally made its way into the preseason rankings.
Pat Fitzgerald’s team stole the final spot in the annual USA TODAY coaches preseason poll that was released early Thursday. Here are the full rankings:
Coaches preseason poll:
1 Clemson
2 Bama
3 UGA
4 OU
5 Ohio St
6 LSU
7 Florida
8 Michigan
9 Notre Dame
10 Texas
11 Texas A&M
12 Washington
13 Oregon
14 Penn St
15 Utah
16 Auburn
17 Wisconsin
Tie UCF
19 Iowa
20 Mich St
21 Wash St
22 Syracuse
23 Stanford
24 Iowa St
25 Northwestern— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 1, 2019The Wildcats received 161 votes and cracked the preseason top 25 for the first time since 2013.