USA Poll Pre

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2022

7/1/2022

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Alabama (54)	1,634	2
2	Ohio State (5)	1,564	5
3	Georgia (6)	1,542	1
4	Clemson	1,356	16
5	Notre Dame	1,284	9
6	Michigan	1,232	3
7	Texas A&M	1,219	25
8	Utah	1,134	12
9	Oklahoma	1,027	10
10	Baylor	891	6
11	Oklahoma State	859	7
12	Oregon	734	21
13	NC State	726	19
14	Michigan State	711	8
15	USC	602	NR
16	Pittsburgh	450	13
17	Miami	433	NR
18	Texas (1)	383	NR
19	Wake Forest	381	14
20	Wisconsin	369	NR
21	Kentucky	353	15
22	Cincinnati	339	4
23	Arkansas	334	20
24	Mississippi	327	11
25	Houston	257	17

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.