The Coaches Poll Thread

[DrumNFeather]

Preseason coaches poll is out:

Aug. 6
2010 preseason poll


Rank Team (first-place votes) 2009 record Points Final 2009 rank
1. Alabama (55) 14-0 1,469 1
2. Ohio State (4) 11-2 1,392 5
3. Florida 13-1 1,245 3
4. Texas 13-1 1,240 2
5. Boise State 14-0 1,215 4
6. Virginia Tech 10-3 1,052 10
7. TCU 12-1 1,051 6
8. Oklahoma 8-5 1,035 NR
9. Nebraska 10-4 1,001 14
10. Iowa 11-2 952 7
11. Oregon 10-3 940 11
12. Wisconsin 10-3 778 16
13. Miami (Fla.) 9-4 728 19
14. Penn State 11-2 508 8
15. Pittsburgh 10-3 492 15
16. LSU 9-4 476 17
17. Georgia Tech 11-3 455 13
18. North Carolina 8-5 445 NR
19. Arkansas 8-5 438 NR
20. Florida State 7-6 374 NR
21. Georgia 8-5 312 NR
22. Oregon State 8-5 263 NR
23. Auburn 8-5 260 NR
24t. Utah 10-3 169 18
24t. West Virginia 9-4 169 22

Others receiving votes
Cincinnati (12-1) 135; Houston (10-4) 76; Brigham Young (11-2) 66; Arizona (8-5) 65; Mississippi (9-4) 48; Clemson (9-5) 44; Stanford (8-5) 41; Connecticut (8-5) 40; Notre Dame (6-6) 38; South Carolina (7-6) 38; Washington (5-7) 26; Missouri (8-5) 23; Navy (10-4) 12; Oklahoma State (9-4) 11; Boston College (8-5) 10; Michigan State (6-7) 10; Arizona State (4-8) 6; California (8-5) 6; Texas Tech (9-4) 5; South Florida (8-5) 4; Texas A&M (6-7) 3; Northwestern (8-5) 2; Temple (9-4) 2; Central Michigan (12-2) 1; Mississippi State (5-7) 1; Nevada (8-5) 1; Northern Illinois (7-6) 1; Southern Methodist (8-5) 1.



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The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 59 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2010 season: Robb Akey, Idaho; David Bailiff, Rice; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Tim Beckman, Toledo; Todd Berry, Louisiana-Monroe; Bret Bielema, Wisconsin; Art Briles, Baylor; Dave Christensen, Wyoming; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Todd Dodge, North Texas; Sonny Dykes, Louisiana Tech; Dan Enos, Central Michigan; Steve Fairchild, Colorado State; Larry Fedora, Southern Miss; Jimbo Fisher, Florida State; Al Golden, Temple; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Jim Harbaugh, Stanford; Mike Haywood, Miami (Ohio); Butch Jones, Cincinnati; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Jerry Kill, Northern Illinois; Mike Locksley, New Mexico; Mike London, Virginia; Bill Lynch, Indiana; Mike MacIntyre, San Jose State; Doug Marrone, Syracuse; Urban Meyer, Florida; Dan Mullen, Mississippi State; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Tom O'Brien, North Carolina State; George O'Leary, Central Florida; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Bobby Petrino, Arkansas; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Larry Porter, Memphis; Jeff Quinn, Buffalo; Paul Rhoads, Iowa State; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Michigan; Nick Saban, Alabama; Steve Sarkisian, Washington; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic; Mike Sherman, Texas A&M; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Mike Stoops, Arizona; Charlie Strong, Louisville; Kevin Sumlin, Houston; Bob Toledo, Tulane; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Paul Wulff, Washington State; Ron Zook, Illinois.

[doctorcoug]

USA Today Poll

It is the preseason, but, if TCU or BSU goes undefeated, this is their best shot ever at a national championship.

BYU getting votes is more about tradition than true probability. BYU will not likely be top 25 caliber.

What do you all think about the utes?

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm

[DrumNFeather]

Come on now...

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showthread.php?t=28256

[BoylenOver]

Utah could be top-20 and BYU could be ranked in week 2. Nice.

[Indy Coug]

I'm very surprised BYU is that high.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Preseason coaches poll is out:

You highlight Yeshua of Seattle and not my team? I thought we were friends.

[DrumNFeather]

You highlight Yeshua of Seattle and not my team? I thought we were friends.

My deepest apologies. That has been fixed. May you be richly blessed.

[BoylenOver]

I'm a proponent of the SEC, but Florida and LSU are ranking obscenely higher than they should be, and I'm not so sure Arkansas and Georgia deserve to be ranked. Also, what in the world is Ole Miss doing with 48 points in the "others receiving votes" portion? I wouldn't be surprised if they finish last in the SEC West.

Teams that should be ranked: Houston, Navy, UConn.

[Green Monstah]

It is the preseason, but, if TCU or BSU goes undefeated, this is their best shot ever at a national championship.

BYU getting votes is more about tradition than true probability. BYU will not likely be top 25 caliber.

What do you all think about the utes?

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/colle...l/usatpoll.htm

I'm sure this is just my blue-tinted goggles speaking, but I think Bronco has shown the ability to re-load after losing top talent. Don't know about you guys, but I had very low expectations for '07 due to a new QB and losing so many playmakers, but it turned out being an excellent season.

"BYU will not likely be top-25 Caliber" is just too strong a statement in my opinion. I think T-25 is expected this season (and if we win 8 games, we may even deserve that ranking).

[Green Monstah]

I'm a proponent of the SEC, but Florida and LSU are ranking obscenely higher than they should be, and I'm not so sure Arkansas and Georgia deserve to be ranked. Also, what in the world is Ole Miss doing with 48 points in the "others receiving votes" portion? I wouldn't be surprised if they finish last in the SEC West.

Teams that should be ranked: Houston, Navy, UConn.

Houston is too Jekyll and Hyde for me...but you're right, they probably deserve to slide in at the 25th spot.

[BoylenOver]

"BYU will not likely be top-25 Caliber" is just too strong a statement in my opinion. I think T-25 is expected this season (and if we win 8 games, we may even deserve that ranking).

I don't think top 25 is a reasonable expectation for BYU this year. Considering you went 10-3 in 2008 and barely kept your ranking, 8 wins won't be nearly good enough. That would either mean zero quality wins, or for every quality win there was a loss of approximate negative value.

It's a tough schedule this year. You would do well to go 9-3 and get to the Poinsettia Bowl.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Two non-BCS teams starting in the top ten. Has that ever happened before?

[Babs]

giggle.

[Babs]

Two non-BCS teams starting in the top ten. Has that ever happened before?

Are you kidding? I can't find a year when even one non-BCS team has started in the top ten. Utah came off of their undefeated 2004 season and didn't even make it in to the next year's preseason rankings at all. Things have changed an awful lot in just five years or so.

[scottie]

Boise St vs. Va Tech on Sept. 6th, nice.