USA Poll 11/17

Coaches' Poll

Year: 2003

11/17/2003

Week 13

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Oklahoma (63)	1,575	1
2	USC	1,506	2
3	LSU	1,428	3
4	Ohio State	1,389	4
5	Michigan	1,311	5
6	Georgia	1,202	6
7	Texas	1,145	7
8	Washington State	1,094	8
9	TCU	1,034	9
10	Florida State	967	11
11	Tennessee	936	13
12	Virginia Tech	883	12
13	Miami	864	14
14	Florida	695	18
15	Mississippi	659	19
16	Purdue	632	10
17	Iowa	595	20
18	Kansas State	409	25
19	Miami (OH)	400	24
20	Boise State	382	23
21	Minnesota	245	17
21	Pittsburgh	245	16
23	Nebraska	228	15
24	Oklahoma State	122	NR
25	Bowling Green	117	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.