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Coaches' Poll

Year: 2003

7/1/2003

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (29)	1,514	8
2	Ohio State (28)	1,495	2
3	Miami (5)	1,448	1
4	Texas	1,291	9
5	Kansas State	1,165	6
6	Auburn (1)	1,153	22
7	Michigan	1,110	11
8	USC	1,075	5
9	Georgia	1,030	4
10	Virginia Tech	932	19
11	Pittsburgh	712	23
12	Florida State	711	16
13	Maryland	704	18
14	NC State	682	17
15	LSU	662	25
16	Tennessee	658	NR
17	Virginia	526	NR
18	Notre Dame	515	12
19	Washington	459	NR
20	Wisconsin	348	NR
21	Florida	312	20
22	Purdue	305	NR
23	Arizona State	297	NR
24	Oklahoma State	159	NR
25	Penn State	143	10
25	Colorado State	143	21

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.