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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2018

7/1/2018

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (61)	1,621	1
2	Clemson (3)	1,547	4
3	Ohio State (1)	1,458	5
4	Georgia	1,452	2
5	Oklahoma	1,288	3
6	Washington	1,245	15
7	Wisconsin	1,243	6
8	Miami	1,091	13
9	Penn State	1,050	8
10	Auburn	1,004	12
11	Notre Dame	892	11
12	Michigan State	870	16
13	Stanford	768	19
14	Michigan	752	NR
15	USC	691	10
16	TCU	530	9
17	Virginia Tech	524	25
18	Mississippi State	407	20
19	Florida State	328	NR
20	West Virginia	310	NR
21	Texas	265	NR
22	Boise State	261	22
23	UCF	259	7
24	LSU	254	18
25	Oklahoma State	168	14

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.