Pitt Football Ranked No. 16 in Preseason USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll

For the first time in 12 years, the Pitt football program will enter the season ranked.

Monday afternoon, the preseason USA Today/Coaches Poll was released and it included the Panthers.

Pat Narduzzi’s team finds themselves ranked No. 16 in the initial rankings of the  2022 season. The last time Pitt was ranked in the preseason was 2010 when they were ranked No. 15 in the AP Top 25 and the Coaches Poll.

Altogether, the ACC has five of their teams ranked: Clemson No. 4, NC State No. 13, Pitt No. 16, Miami No. 17 and Wake Forest No. 19.

Here is the complete USA Today/Coaches Poll:

1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Georgia
4) Clemson
5) Notre Dame
6) Michigan
7) Texas A&M
8) Utah
9) Oklahoma
10) Baylor
11) Oklahoma State
12) Oregon
13) NC State
14) Michigan State
15) USC
16) PITT
17) Miami
18) Texas
19) Wake Forest
20) Wisconsin
21) Kentucky
22) Cincinnati
23) Arkansas
24) Ole Miss
25) Houston

Although things could and will change, Pitt currently won’t play a ranked opponent until the final game of the season at Miami.