Sporting News' 2019 preseason All-American team is here, and it should come as no surprise that Clemson and Alabama lead the way.

The Tigers lead all teams with three first-team players (the Crimson Tide have two), but Alabama does claim the most players between the first and second teams (seven, to Clemson's five). That competition is most notable between Clemson's Trevor Lawrence and Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa, which played out for the first time in 2018 — but not, we think, for the last time.

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Alabama's Jerry Jeudy, Clemson's Travis Etienne, Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor and LSU's Grant Delpit are among the returning first-team selections from 2018. The SEC has the most first-team selections with eight, followed by the Big Ten, with seven. The ACC (six), Pac-12 (two), Big 12 (one), independent (one) and American Athletic Conference (one) round out the list.

Sporting News is one of five outlets used to determine consensus All-American status, so it's a good idea to stay on the list. So, who made the preseason team? A closer look: