Duke football won’t enter 2025 on the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll, but the Blue Devils did receive votes.
Duke football opened fall camp on July 28 and is set to open its 2025 season a month later on Thursday, Aug. 28, hosting Elon at Wallace Wade Stadium.
Preseason US LBM College Football Coaches Poll
The preseason US LBM coaches poll Top 25 with team’s records from last season in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last year’s final poll and first-place votes received.
| Rank | School (record) | Points | Last season’s final rank | First-place votes |
| 1 | Texas (13-3) | 1,606 | 3 | 28 |
| 2 | Ohio State (14-2) | 1,565 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Penn State (13-3) | 1,525 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Georgia (11-3) | 1,466 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Notre Dame (14-2) | 1,360 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Clemson (10-4) | 1,324 | 11 | 2 |
| 7 | Oregon (13-1) | 1,307 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Alabama (9-4) | 1,210 | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | LSU (9-4) | 1,056 | NR | 0 |
| 10 | Miami (Fla.) (10-3) | 823 | 18 | 0 |
| 11 | Arizona State (11-3) | 806 | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | Illinois (10-3) | 734 | 16 | 0 |
| 13 | South Carolina (9-4) | 665 | 19 | 0 |
| 14 | Michigan (8-5) | 580 | NR | 0 |
| 15 | Mississippi (10-3) | 573 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | SMU (11-3) | 555 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | Florida (8-5) | 498 | NR | 0 |
| 18 | Tennessee (10-3) | 492 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | Indiana (11-2) | 460 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | Kansas State (9-4) | 438 | NR | 0 |
| 21 | Texas A&M (8-5) | 392 | NR | 0 |
| 21 | Iowa State (11-3) | 392 | 15 | 0 |
| 23 | Brigham Young (11-2) | 287 | 14 | 0 |
| 24 | Texas Tech (8-5) | 261 | NR | 0 |
| 25 | Boise State (12-2) | 246 | 9 | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Missouri (10-3); No. 21 Army (12-2); No. 22 Syracuse (10-3); No. 23 Memphis (11-2); No. 24 UNLV (11-3); No. 25 Colorado (9-4). Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (6-7) 221; Missouri (10-3) 142; Louisville (9-4) 126; Southern California (7-6) 116; Utah (5-7) 86; Baylor (8-5) 76; Auburn (5-7) 50; Iowa (8-5) 49; Memphis (11-2) 34; Army (12-2) 33; Tulane (9-5) 31; Georgia Tech (7-6) 27; TCU (9-4) 24; Nebraska (7-6) 19; Syracuse (10-3) 16; Washington (6-7) 15; Navy (10-3) 14; Arkansas (7-6) 14; Duke (9-4) 12; Colorado (9-4) 12; Minnesota (8-5) 11; UNLV (11-3) 8; Florida State (2-10) 8; Kansas (5-7) 6; Vanderbilt (7-6) 3; Buffalo (9-4) 1.
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Billy Napier, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Jay Norvell, Colorado State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.
Anna Snyder covers Duke for The Fayetteville Observer as part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at asnyder@gannett.com or follow her @annaesnydr on X, formerly known as Twitter.
