USA Poll Pre

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2004

7/1/2004

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	USC (44)	1,500	2
2	Oklahoma (12)	1,426	3
3	LSU (5)	1,387	1
4	Georgia	1,328	6
5	Miami	1,246	5
6	Florida State	1,177	10
7	Michigan	1,128	7
8	Texas	1,087	11
9	Ohio State	1,030	4
10	Florida	691	25
11	West Virginia	684	NR
12	Iowa	642	8
13	Kansas State	639	13
14	Tennessee	598	16
15	California	566	NR
16	Clemson	503	22
17	Missouri	502	NR
18	Auburn	473	NR
19	Virginia	453	NR
20	Maryland	443	20
21	Utah	438	21
22	Wisconsin	248	NR
23	Minnesota	187	17
23	Purdue	187	19
25	Oregon	175	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.