USA Poll 10/18

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2004

10/18/2004

Week 7

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (50)	1,514	1
2	Oklahoma (10)	1,470	2
3	Miami (1)	1,380	3
4	Auburn	1,359	4
5	Florida State	1,234	7
6	Georgia	1,124	8
7	Wisconsin	1,088	12
8	California	1,071	9
9	Texas	1,026	11
10	Utah	1,015	10
11	Michigan	943	13
12	Purdue	832	5
13	Tennessee	815	14
14	West Virginia	669	16
15	Virginia	665	6
16	Boise State	557	18
17	LSU	489	21
18	Louisville	482	17
19	Florida	447	22
20	Texas A&M	404	NR
21	Oklahoma State	272	15
22	Virginia Tech	253	NR
23	Arizona State	194	19
24	Texas Tech	121	NR
25	Notre Dame	92	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.