USA Poll 11/15

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2004

11/15/2004

Week 11

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (51)	1,514	1
2	Oklahoma (6)	1,435	2
3	Auburn (4)	1,433	3
4	California	1,311	6
5	Texas	1,222	7
6	Utah	1,203	8
7	Michigan	1,191	9
8	Florida State	999	12
9	Wisconsin	948	4
10	Georgia	947	5
11	Louisville	880	14
12	Boise State	827	13
13	Miami	774	17
14	LSU	771	15
15	Virginia Tech	688	16
16	Tennessee	580	18
17	Iowa	519	19
18	Virginia	501	11
19	Boston College	433	21
20	West Virginia	419	10
21	Arizona State	21	20
22	Texas A&M	272	23
23	Oklahoma State	229	24
24	Bowling Green	117	NR
25	UTEP	87	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.