Texas, SEC top preseason AP All-America team

August 18, 2026 No Comments

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Texas leads all teams with four players named to the preseason Associated Press All-America team declared Tuesday, and the SEC has 14 of the 27 first-team selections on the eve of the college football season.

The Big Ten has eight players on the first team, led by Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and two of his teammates.

Defending national champion Indiana, Georgia and Oklahoma each have two players on the first team, as determined by media members on the AP Top 25 voting panel.

Preseason AP All-America First TeamPos. Player SchoolOFFENSEQB Dante Moore OregonRB Kewan Lacy Ole MissRB Ahmad Hardy MissouriOT Carter Smith IndianaOT Trevor Goosby TexasOG Evan Tengesdahl CincinnatiOG Shadre Hurst HoustonC Kade Pieper IowaTE Trey’Dez Green LSUWR Jeremiah Smith Ohio StateWR Malachi Toney MiamiWR Cam Coleman TexasAll-Purpose Wayne Knight UCLAK Tate Sandell OklahomaDEFENSEEdge Colin Simmons TexasEdge Dylan Stewart South CarolinaDT A’Mauri Washington OregonDT David Stone OklahomaLB Rasheem Biles TexasLB Xavier Atkins AuburnLB Rolijah Hardy IndianaCB Leonard Moore Notre DameCB Ellis Robinson IV GeorgiaS KJ Bolden GeorgiaS Koi Perich OregonDB Bray Hubbard AlabamaP Evan Crenshaw TroyThe Texas players on the team are offensive lineman Trevor Goosby, wide receiver Cam Coleman, defensive lineman Colin Simmons and linebacker Rasheem Biles.

Defensive lineman A’Mauri Washington and safety Koi Perich are the Oregon players joining Moore, who edged out Ole Miss’ Trinidad Chambliss for first-team honors.

Wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, the Big Ten preseason offensive player of the year, is the only selection from Ohio State, the No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 poll.

Smith, Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy and Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore are returning AP first-team All-America picks who are on the preseason team.

Iowa’s Kade Pieper was voted first-team center by a wide margin even though this will be his first season playing the position. He moved from right guard to replace 2025 consensus All-American Logan Jones.

The AP All-America team for this season will be released in December.