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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2017

7/1/2017

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (49)	1,603	2
2	Ohio State (5)	1,512	6
3	Florida State (4)	1,434	8
4	USC	1,415	5
5	Clemson (7)	1,367	1
6	Penn State	1,257	7
7	Washington	1,245	4
8	Oklahoma	1,237	3
9	Michigan	959	10
10	Wisconsin	936	9
11	Oklahoma State	912	11
12	LSU	834	14
13	Auburn	819	22
14	Stanford	732	12
15	Georgia	701	NR
16	Florida	681	13
17	Louisville	676	20
18	Miami	472	23
19	Kansas State	339	NR
20	West Virginia	319	17
21	South Florida	247	19
22	Virginia Tech	235	16
23	Texas	193	NR
24	Tennessee	155	24
25	Utah	109	21

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.