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For the first time in more than a decade, Ohio State will open the college football season ranked No. 1 in the country in the US LBM coaches poll.

The Buckeyes received 38 of 72 first-place votes to beat out Oregon for the top spot in the poll, which was released today. Not since 2015, when OSU was coming off a national championship, have the Buckeyes been preseason No. 1.

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Oregon is one of six ranked teams Ohio State will play this season.

Defending national champion Indiana got the second-most first-place votes with 14, but the Hoosiers were only sixth in the poll. The Buckeyes play IU in Bloomington on Oct. 17.

Ohio State ranked No. 1 in preseason coaches poll

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