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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2005

7/1/2005

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (60)	1,547	1
2	Texas (2)	1,405	4
3	Tennessee	1,259	15
4	Michigan	1,242	12
5	Oklahoma	1,223	3
6	LSU	1,109	16
7	Virginia Tech	1,090	10
8	Miami	1,080	11
9	Ohio State	1,033	19
10	Iowa	1,014	8
11	Florida	910	25
12	Florida State	879	14
13	Georgia	838	6
14	Louisville	758	7
15	Auburn	723	2
16	Purdue	616	NR
17	Texas A&M	366	NR
18	Arizona State	304	20
19	Boise State	303	13
20	California	293	9
21	Texas Tech	247	17
22	Boston College	237	21
23	Virginia	210	23
24	Alabama	194	NR
25	Pittsburgh	193	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.