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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2008

7/1/2008

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Georgia (22)	1,438	3
2	USC (14)	1,430	2
3	Ohio State (14)	1,392	4
4	Oklahoma (3)	1,329	8
5	Florida (5)	1,293	16
6	LSU (3)	1,163	1
7	Missouri	1,143	5
8	West Virginia	1,008	6
9	Clemson	999	22
10	Texas	979	10
11	Auburn	888	14
12	Wisconsin	747	21
13	Kansas	714	7
14	Texas Tech	644	23
14	Virginia Tech	644	9
16	Arizona State	560	13
17	BYU	547	15
18	Tennessee	506	12
19	Illinois	422	18
20	Oregon	399	24
21	South Florida	350	NR
22	Penn State	313	25
23	Wake Forest	203	NR
24	Michigan	112	19
25	Fresno State	91	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.