USA Poll 11/1

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2004

11/1/2004

Week 9

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (52)	1,516	1
2	Oklahoma (8)	1,459	2
3	Auburn (1)	1,409	4
4	Wisconsin	1,262	6
5	Georgia	1,221	7
6	California	1,200	8
7	Texas	1,150	9
8	Utah	1,087	10
9	Michigan	1,025	11
10	Miami	979	3
11	Tennessee	931	12
12	West Virginia	784	13
13	Florida State	743	5
13	Virginia	743	14
15	Boise State	724	15
16	Louisville	681	16
17	LSU	576	18
18	Virginia Tech	503	22
19	Oklahoma State	352	20
20	Iowa	341	24
21	Southern Miss	239	25
22	Texas A&M	151	17
23	Arizona State	144	21
24	Northern Illinois	110	NR
25	Boston College	102	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.