USA Poll 10/25

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2004

10/25/2004

Week 8

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (49)	1,513	1
2	Oklahoma (11)	1,469	2
3	Miami (1)	1,380	3
4	Auburn	1,358	4
5	Florida State	1,218	5
6	Wisconsin	1,152	7
7	Georgia	1,127	6
8	California	1,066	8
9	Texas	1,032	9
10	Utah	1,001	10
11	Michigan	970	11
12	Tennessee	864	13
13	West Virginia	738	14
14	Virginia	660	15
15	Boise State	638	16
16	Louisville	582	18
17	Texas A&M	503	20
18	LSU	477	17
19	Purdue	457	12
20	Oklahoma State	415	21
21	Arizona State	346	23
22	Virginia Tech	338	22
23	Minnesota	176	NR
24	Iowa	89	NR
25	Southern Miss	52	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.