USA Poll 9/7

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2008

9/7/2008

Week 2

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (34)	1,481	1
2	Georgia (18)	1,454	2
3	Oklahoma (3)	1,370	4
4	Florida (3)	1,306	5
5	Ohio State (1)	1,289	3
6	Missouri	1,212	7
7	LSU (2)	1,198	6
8	Texas	1,069	9
9	Auburn	1,017	10
10	Wisconsin	946	11
11	Kansas	854	12
12	Texas Tech	755	13
13	Arizona State	737	14
14	Oregon	665	16
15	BYU	328	15
16	Alabama	611	17
17	Penn State	547	19
18	South Florida	475	18
19	Wake Forest	419	20
20	East Carolina	375	NR
21	Fresno State	300	21
22	Utah	235	23
23	Clemson	175	22
24	West Virginia	145	8
25	California	128	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.