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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2021

7/1/2021

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (63)	1,621	1
2	Clemson	1,508	2
3	Oklahoma (2)	1,481	7
4	Ohio State	1,435	3
5	Georgia	1,386	9
6	Texas A&M	1,286	5
7	Notre Dame	1,139	4
8	Iowa State	1,131	12
9	North Carolina	999	14
10	Cincinnati	979	6
11	Florida	870	10
12	Oregon	842	NR
13	LSU	664	NR
14	USC	655	19
15	Wisconsin	654	NR
16	Miami	575	18
17	Indiana	573	8
18	Iowa	554	16
19	Texas	427	24
20	Penn State	422	NR
21	Washington	404	NR
22	Oklahoma State	216	21
23	Mississippi	153	NR
24	Coastal Carolina	150	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.