USA Poll 10/25

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2009

10/25/2009

Week 8

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Florida (46)	1,459	1
2	Alabama (9)	1,399	2
3	Texas (4)	1,390	3
4	USC	1,244	4
5	Boise State	1,152	5
6	TCU	1,131	7
7	Cincinnati	1,126	6
8	Iowa	1,086	8
9	LSU	1,037	10
10	Penn State	935	11
11	Georgia Tech	865	13
12	Oregon	839	14
13	Oklahoma State	825	12
14	Virginia Tech	691	15
15	Ohio State	569	17
16	Houston	544	18
17	Pittsburgh	542	19
18	Miami	433	9
19	Utah	403	20
20	West Virginia	365	22
21	South Carolina	279	23
22	Mississippi	223	25
23	Oklahoma	168	NR
24	Arizona	149	NR
25	Notre Dame	82	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.