USA Poll 10/24

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2010

10/24/2010

Week 8

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oregon (50)	1,463	1
2	Boise State (5)	1,383	2
3	Auburn (3)	1,350	5
4	TCU (1)	1,308	4
5	Michigan State	1,175	8
6	Alabama	1,152	7
7	Utah	1,091	9
8	Missouri	1,060	16
9	Wisconsin	973	11
10	Ohio State	966	10
11	Oklahoma	871	3
12	Nebraska	802	13
13	LSU	787	6
14	Stanford	763	14
15	Florida State	651	17
16	Arizona	628	18
17	South Carolina	431	20
18	Arkansas	404	21
19	Iowa	401	12
20	Oklahoma State	385	15
21	Virginia Tech	317	23
22	Miami	260	25
23	Mississippi State	251	24
24	Baylor	70	NR
25	Michigan	50	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.