USA Poll 9/26

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2004

9/26/2004

Week 4

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (45)	1,508	1
2	Oklahoma (14)	1,469	2
3	Georgia	1,379	3
4	Miami (2)	1,352	4
5	Texas	1,266	5
6	Ohio State	1,188	6
7	West Virginia	1,055	7
8	Tennessee	1,005	8
9	Auburn	972	10
10	California	944	9
11	Florida State	918	11
12	Virginia	817	12
13	LSU	785	13
14	Utah	729	14
15	Purdue	681	15
16	Florida	526	16
17	Fresno State	517	17
18	Michigan	484	18
19	Minnesota	470	19
20	Wisconsin	373	20
21	Boise State	340	21
22	Louisville	259	22
23	Maryland	223	23
24	Oklahoma State	180	25
25	Arizona State	113	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.