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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2002

7/1/2002

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Miami (34)	1,444	2
2	Texas (9)	1,399	7
3	Oklahoma (11)	1,397	5
4	Florida State (7)	1,357	23
5	Tennessee	1,255	NR
6	Colorado	1,010	21
7	Florida	972	24
8	Nebraska	951	NR
9	Washington	914	NR
10	Michigan	894	9
11	Georgia	858	3
12	Ohio State	761	1
13	LSU	749	NR
14	Washington State	748	10
15	Oregon	663	NR
16	Virginia Tech	550	14
17	Louisville	378	NR
18	Michigan State	371	NR
19	USC	349	4
20	Maryland	315	13
21	Marshall	280	19
22	South Carolina	213	NR
23	Wisconsin	210	NR
24	Penn State	206	15
25	NC State	174	11

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.