The Coaches Poll
by gahnki on Aug 1, 2008 3:01 PM EDT
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| Team (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Final 2007 rankings | ||
| 1. | Georgia (22) | 11-2 | 1,438 | 3 | |
| 2. | Southern California (14) | 11-2 | 1,430 | 2 | |
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Ohio State (14) |
11-2 | 1,392 | 4 | |
| 4. | Oklahoma (3) | 11-3 | 1,329 | 8 | |
| 5. | Florida (5) | 9-4 | 1,293 | 16 | |
| 6. | LSU (3) | 12-2 | 1,163 | 1 | |
| 7. | 12-2 | 1,143 | 5 | ||
| 8. | West Virginia | 11-2 | 1,008 | 6 | |
| 9. | Clemson | 9-4 | 999 | 22 | |
| 10. | Texas | 10-3 | 979 | 10 | |
| 11. | Auburn | 9-4 | 888 | 14t | |
| 12. | Wisconsin | 9-4 | 747 | 21 | |
| 13. | Kansas | 12-1 | 714 | 7 | |
| 14. | Texas Tech | 9-4 | 644 | 23 | |
| 15. | Virginia Tech | 11-3 | 568 | 9 | |
| 16. | Arizona State | 10-3 | 560 | 13 | |
| 17. | Brigham Young | 11-2 | 547 | 14t | |
| 18. | Tennessee | 10-4 | 506 | 12 | |
| 19. | Illinois | 9-4 | 422 | 18 | |
| 20. | Oregon | 9-4 | 399 | 24 | |
| 21. | South Florida | 9-4 | 350 | NR | |
| 22. | 9-4 | 313 | 25 | ||
| 23. | 9-4 | 203 | NR | ||
| 24. | 9-4 | 112 | 19 | ||
| 25. | Fresno State | 9-4 | 91 | NR | |
| Others receiving votes | |||||
Alabama (7-6) 83; South Carolina (6-6) 64; Utah (9-4) 60; Florida State (7-6) 53; Rutgers (8-5) 53; Boston College (11-3) 47; California (7-6) 41; Pittsburgh (5-7) 34; Boise State (10-3) 25; Oregon State (9-4) 23; Nebraska (5-7) 17; Cincinnati (10-3) 13; Virginia (9-4) 12; Connecticut (9-4) 9; Michigan State (7-6) 9; Mississippi State (8-5) 6; Kentucky (8-5) 5; Notre Dame (3-9) 5; TCU (8-5) 5; Maryland (6-7) 4; North Carolina (4-8) 3; Texas A&M (7-6) 3; UCLA (6-7) 3; Central Florida (10-4) 2; Georgia Tech (7-6) 2; Louisville (6-6) 2; Arizona (5-7) 1; Colorado (6-7) 1; Oklahoma State (7-6) 1; Tulsa (10-4) 1. |
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The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 61 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. This season's board: Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Bret Bielema, Wisconsin; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Art Briles, Baylor; Mack Brown, Texas; Neil Callaway, Alabama-Birmingham; Gene Chizik, Iowa State; Mario Cristobal, Florida International; Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Butch Davis, North Carolina; Todd Dodge, North Texas; Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Jeff Genyk, Eastern Michigan; Turner Gill, Buffalo; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Todd Graham, Tulsa; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Dan Hawkins, Colorado; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Butch Jones, Central Michigan; Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville; Mike Leach, Texas Tech; Jim Leavitt, South Florida; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Bill Lynch, Indiana; Doug Martin, Kent State; Urban Meyer, Florida; Les Miles, LSU; Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio); Hal Mumme, New Mexico State; Rick Neuheisel, UCLA; Tom O'Brien, North Carolina State; George O'Leary, Central Florida; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Mike Price, Texas-El Paso; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Michigan; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic; Mark Snyder, Marshall; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Jeff Tedford, California; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Bob Toledo, Tulane; Dick Tomey, San Jose State; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Charlie Weis, Notre Dame; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Tyrone Willingham, Washington; Ron Zook, Illinois. The AFCA prohibits coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation. |
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Hmm, surprised Tulsa got a vote. Maybe it was from: Todd Graham, Tulsa
John
by Johnnyrad10 on Aug 1, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What’s most surprising to me is that LSU received 3 first place votes.
by gahnki on Aug 2, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree. I think some people vote based on last year’s results and not on how good the team is this year. Granted, LSU will be very good, but they have no business getting 3 first-place votes.
The Shin-Soo Choo of LGT.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 2, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where's the Love?
Can’t believe Michigan is 24 when they beat raining Heisman winner Tebow and #5 Florida.
by EagleX16 on Aug 2, 2008 3:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Michigan is lucky to be #24. They’re in the Top 25 on reputation only, not on how good they are last year. They lost virtually every good starter they had on offense and their QB situation is terrible. They’ll win a few games because their defense should be pretty good. What they did last year in the bowl game has nothing to do with this year’s team.
Also, it’s “reigning.” Raining is what’s happening when you get wet outside.
The Shin-Soo Choo of LGT.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 2, 2008 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Couldn’t be because the three guys who made that offense tick (Henne, Hart, and Jake Long) are all gone, could it? (The OL is going to be decidedly meh, Grady has a severe case of fumble-itis, and Manningham needs someone to throw the ball in his general direction if he’s going to be much help – between the true-freshman QB and weakened OL, his production is likely to drop off.)
Michigan’s not going to turn in a Notre Dame-like suckfest this year, but they’re not going to be that good. 24th seems extremely optimistic – if everything goes their way, I could see them finishing there and (if the Big Ten gets a second BCS bid – entirely possible if only because the ACC and Big East won’t, and the Pac-10 usually doesn’t) maybe sneaking into a New Year’s game, but any bad bounces or injuries, and they very well could be spending bowl season at home or within about 30 miles of it.
by SpartanDan on Aug 4, 2008 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t forget that their receivers are all gone… Manningham and Arrington are both in the NFL now.
by Rishi on Aug 4, 2008 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point – I couldn’t remember if Manningham left early or not and assumed the worst (for everyone else). Rodriguez isn’t going to have any players to implement his offense with this year; that bodes ill against teams that like to get into shootouts (MSU and Northwestern are the prime examples in the Big Ten, partly because their defenses are usually horrific).
by SpartanDan on Aug 5, 2008 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yikes
Virginia got 12 points? And Groh doesn’t even vote? That’s horrible.
by Passive Voice on Aug 2, 2008 5:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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