USA Poll 9/28

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2008

9/28/2008

Week 5

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (57)	1,520	2
2	LSU (1)	1,399	6
3	Missouri	1,398	5
4	Alabama (2)	1,350	10
5	Texas (1)	1,310	7
6	Penn State	1,146	12
7	BYU	1,054	11
8	Texas Tech	1,047	9
9	USC	990	1
10	Georgia	888	3
10	South Florida	888	14
12	Ohio State	854	13
13	Florida	832	4
14	Auburn	776	16
15	Utah	684	17
16	Kansas	555	18
17	Wisconsin	521	8
18	Boise State	446	20
19	Vanderbilt	351	25
20	Oregon	286	22
21	Fresno State	280	24
22	Oklahoma State	229	NR
23	Connecticut	180	NR
24	Virginia Tech	161	NR
25	Wake Forest	148	15

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.