Texas Leads Preseason AP All-America Team With 4 Picks
The SEC placed 14 players on the 27-man first team as media voters released their preseason All-America selections ahead of the college football season.
Texas led all programs with four players named to the preseason Associated Press All-America team announced Tuesday, while the Southeastern Conference had 14 of the 27 first-team selections on the eve of the college football season.
The Big Ten placed eight players on the first team, led by Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and two of his teammates. Defending national champion Indiana, along with Georgia and Oklahoma, each had two players make the first team, as determined by media members on the AP Top 25 voting panel.
The Texas selections are offensive lineman Trevor Goosby, wide receiver Cam Coleman, defensive lineman Colin Simmons and linebacker Rasheem Biles.
Oregon's A'Mauri Washington and Koi Perich joined Moore, who edged out Mississippi's Trinidad Chambliss for the first-team quarterback spot. Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith, the Big Ten preseason offensive player of the year, was the Buckeyes' only selection despite Ohio State entering the season ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25.
Smith, Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy and Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore are returning AP first-team All-Americans who made the preseason team.
Iowa's Kade Pieper was voted first-team center by a wide margin even though this will be his first season at the position after moving from right guard to replace 2025 consensus All-American Logan Jones.
The AP's full-season All-America team will be released in December.
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