USA Poll 12/5

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2004

12/5/2004

Week 14

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (35)	1,490	1
2	Oklahoma (16)	1,459	2
3	Auburn (9)	1,435	3
4	California	1,286	4
5	Texas	1,281	5
6	Utah	1,215	6
7	Georgia	1,117	7
8	Louisville	1,066	8
9	Virginia Tech	1,037	11
10	Boise State	943	10
11	LSU	932	12
12	Michigan	874	13
13	Iowa	812	14
14	Miami	738	9
15	Florida State	643	16
16	Wisconsin	599	17
17	Tennessee	559	15
18	Virginia	455	18
19	Florida	324	19
20	Pittsburgh	318	21
21	Texas Tech	234	20
22	Ohio State	181	22
23	West Virginia	177	24
24	Arizona State	173	23
25	Texas A&M	147	25

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.