USA Poll 10/20

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2013

10/20/2013

Week 8

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (57)	1,544	1
2	Oregon (4)	1,482	2
3	Florida State (1)	1,410	5
4	Ohio State	1,382	3
5	Baylor	1,255	12
6	Miami	1,186	11
7	Missouri	1,184	14
8	Stanford	1,117	13
9	Texas Tech	981	15
10	Clemson	913	4
11	UCLA	710	10
12	Oklahoma	695	18
13	Oklahoma State	688	17
13	LSU	688	8
15	Texas A&M	622	7
16	Louisville	571	6
17	Auburn	537	NR
18	Fresno State	532	19
19	Virginia Tech	499	20
20	South Carolina	468	9
21	Nebraska	385	21
22	Northern Illinois	298	23
23	Michigan	268	24
24	Wisconsin	195	NR
25	UCF	151	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.