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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2010

7/1/2010

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (55)	1,469	1
2	Ohio State (4)	1,392	5
3	Florida	1,245	3
4	Texas	1,240	2
5	Boise State	1,215	4
6	Virginia Tech	1,052	10
7	TCU	1,051	6
8	Oklahoma	1,035	NR
9	Nebraska	1,001	14
10	Iowa	952	7
11	Oregon	940	11
12	Wisconsin	778	16
13	Miami	728	19
14	Penn State	508	8
15	Pittsburgh	492	15
16	LSU	476	17
17	Georgia Tech	455	13
18	North Carolina	445	NR
19	Arkansas	438	NR
20	Florida State	374	NR
21	Georgia	312	NR
22	Oregon State	263	NR
23	Auburn	260	NR
24	Utah	169	18
24	West Virginia	169	22

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.