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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2007

7/1/2007

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (45)	1,481	4
2	LSU (4)	1,372	3
3	Florida (9)	1,278	1
4	Texas	1,231	13
5	Michigan	1,218	9
6	West Virginia	1,205	10
7	Wisconsin	1,114	5
8	Oklahoma	1,026	11
9	Virginia Tech	1,005	18
10	Ohio State	919	2
11	Louisville	836	7
12	California	763	14
13	Georgia	604	NR
14	Auburn	595	8
15	Tennessee	583	23
16	Rutgers	466	12
17	UCLA	454	NR
18	Penn State	440	25
19	Nebraska	388	NR
20	Arkansas	360	16
21	Florida State	301	NR
22	TCU	233	21
23	Boise State	222	6
24	Hawaii	214	24
25	Texas A&M	209	NR

Coaches' Poll
Started in 1950.

More Info

The Coaches' Poll began as a top 20 list in 1950 and was published by United Press International (UPI). In 1990 the poll began listing the top 25 teams.

This poll was published by the UPI until 1991 when USA Today and CNN took it over. ESPN replaced CNN in 1997 as the co-sponsor. After the controversial results in the BCS in 2004, ESPN left and the poll is currently run by USA Today only.

Since the inception of the BCS, the Coaches' Poll must vote the number one team in the BCS poll as number one also. This was supposed to eliminate the possibility of split national titles until the before mentioned 2004 controversy. The winner of the Coaches' Poll is awarded the Waterford Crystal National Championship Coaches' Trophy.