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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2020

7/1/2020

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Clemson (38)	1,589	2
2	Ohio State (17)	1,555	3
3	Alabama (4)	1,495	8
4	Georgia	1,345	4
5	LSU (6)	1,330	1
6	Oklahoma	1,315	6
7	Penn State	1,199	9
8	Florida	1,176	7
9	Oregon	1,164	5
10	Notre Dame	1,012	11
11	Auburn	898	14
12	Wisconsin	887	13
13	Texas A&M	807	NR
14	Texas	703	NR
15	Michigan	687	19
16	Oklahoma State	524	NR
17	USC	521	NR
18	Minnesota	494	10
19	North Carolina	415	NR
20	Utah	241	16
21	UCF	232	24
22	Cincinnati	229	21
23	Iowa	204	15
24	Virginia Tech	143	NR
25	Iowa State	135	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.