USA Poll 9/16

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2007

9/16/2007

Week 3

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (44)	1,478	1
2	LSU (8)	1,438	2
3	Florida (7)	1,368	3
4	Oklahoma (1)	1,308	5
5	West Virginia	1,244	4
6	Texas	1,103	6
7	Wisconsin	1,098	7
8	California	1,093	8
9	Ohio State	1,062	10
10	Penn State	942	12
11	Rutgers	863	13
12	Boston College	754	19
13	Oregon	702	21
14	Clemson	595	20
14	South Carolina	595	23
16	Texas A&M	530	18
17	Virginia Tech	485	17
18	Hawaii	404	22
19	Louisville	383	9
20	Alabama	345	NR
21	Georgia	271	25
22	Nebraska	228	14
23	Kentucky	168	NR
24	South Florida	165	NR
25	Missouri	145	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.