USA Poll 11/8

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2004

11/8/2004

Week 10

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (50)	1,514	1
2	Oklahoma (10)	1,452	2
3	Auburn (1)	1,416	3
4	Wisconsin	1,289	4
5	Georgia	1,233	5
6	California	1,203	6
7	Texas	1,169	7
8	Utah	1,124	8
9	Michigan	1,060	9
10	West Virginia	886	12
11	Virginia	877	14
12	Florida State	868	13
13	Boise State	782	15
14	Louisville	727	16
15	LSU	649	17
16	Virginia Tech	582	18
17	Miami	568	10
18	Tennessee	466	11
19	Iowa	450	20
20	Arizona State	331	23
21	Boston College	244	25
22	Northern Illinois	205	24
23	Texas A&M	150	22
24	Oklahoma State	138	19
25	Texas Tech	112	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.