USA Poll 10/3

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2004

10/3/2004

Week 5

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (46)	1,507	1
2	Oklahoma (12)	1,462	2
3	Georgia (1)	1,398	3
4	Miami (2)	1,347	4
5	Texas	1,283	5
6	Auburn	1,180	9
7	California	1,116	10
8	Florida State	1,049	11
9	Virginia	966	12
10	Purdue	952	15
11	Utah	876	14
12	Florida	731	16
13	Minnesota	684	19
14	Michigan	644	18
15	Ohio State	643	6
16	Wisconsin	597	20
17	Tennessee	519	8
18	West Virginia	497	7
19	Boise State	442	21
20	Louisville	434	22
21	Oklahoma State	353	24
22	Arizona State	314	25
23	Maryland	307	23
24	LSU	232	13
25	NC State	63	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.