USA Poll 9/13

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2020

9/13/2020

Week 1

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Clemson (37)	1,020	1
2	Alabama (1)	973	3
3	Oklahoma	907	6
4	Georgia	904	4
5	LSU (3)	852	5
6	Florida	837	8
7	Notre Dame	760	10
8	Texas	697	14
9	Auburn	694	11
10	Texas A&M	639	13
11	North Carolina	575	19
12	Oklahoma State	547	16
13	UCF	415	21
14	Cincinnati	403	22
15	Memphis	316	NR
16	Louisville	314	NR
17	Tennessee	310	NR
18	Miami	268	NR
19	Virginia Tech	266	24
20	Kentucky	233	NR
21	Louisiana	220	NR
22	BYU	201	NR
23	Appalachian State	177	NR
24	Baylor	162	NR
25	Army	128	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.