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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2001

7/1/2001

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Florida (25)	1,401	11
2	Miami (15)	1,349	2
3	Oklahoma (8)	1,314	1
4	Nebraska (6)	1,292	7
5	Florida State (1)	1,249	4
6	Texas (2)	1,164	12
7	Tennessee (1)	1,042	25
8	Oregon (1)	1,038	9
9	Virginia Tech	899	6
10	Michigan (1)	856	10
11	Kansas State	844	8
12	Oregon State	796	5
13	Georgia Tech	706	19
14	Washington	652	3
15	UCLA	547	NR
16	Notre Dame	534	16
17	LSU	515	NR
18	Clemson	503	14
19	Mississippi State	481	22
20	Northwestern	366	NR
21	Ohio State	259	NR
22	South Carolina	258	21
23	Wisconsin	204	24
24	Colorado State	168	15
25	Alabama	131	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.