The 2025 college football season is fast approaching, and with less than three weeks until kickoff, anticipation is rising. Monday's release of the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll provides the first official glimpse at how the projected top programs stack up entering another pivotal campaign.

Texas, Ohio State, Penn State, Georgia and Notre Dame claimed the top five spots in the coaches' preseason top 25 poll released Monday.

Here's where Ohio State football ranks in the preseason poll along with where the Buckeyes' 2025 opponents sit.