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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2012

7/1/2012

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	LSU (18)	1,403	2
2	Alabama (20)	1,399	1
3	USC (19)	1,388	NR
4	Oklahoma	1,276	15
5	Oregon	1,258	4
6	Georgia	1,061	20
7	Florida State	1,055	23
8	Michigan	1,023	9
9	South Carolina	981	8
10	Arkansas	948	5
11	West Virginia	833	18
12	Wisconsin	743	11
13	Michigan State	717	10
14	Clemson	598	22
15	Texas	549	NR
16	Nebraska	501	24
17	TCU	499	13
18	Stanford	497	7
19	Oklahoma State	476	3
20	Virginia Tech	461	17
21	Kansas State	398	16
22	Boise State	271	6
23	Florida	250	NR
24	Notre Dame	166	NR
25	Auburn	66	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.