The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States College basketball most often refers to the American Basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA
The football rankings are compiled by the USA Today Board of Coaches which is made up of 63 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. [1] All coaches are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The American Football Coaches Association is an association of football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each The basketball rankings are compiled by the USA Today Board of Coaches which is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. [2] All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches ("NABC"). The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC headquartered in Kansas City Missouri was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the University of Kansas
The football Coaches' Poll is an element of the BCS rankings, a voting system used to determine who will play in the BCS National Championship Game and be crowned the NCAA Division I-A national champion. The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national A voting system allows voters to choose between options often in an Election where candidates are selected for public office.
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The Coaches' Poll began selecting the top 20 teams on a weekly basis during the 1950-1951 college football and basketball seasons. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January It was initially published by United Press (after 1958, United Press International). Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the 1990-1991 football and basketball seasons, the poll expanded to a top 25, and it has retained this format since. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
Beginning in the 1974 season, the poll of coaches conducted its final poll after the bowl games for the first time. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. In the United States, a bowl game is traditionally a post-season College football game however the term "bowl" has become synonymous with a major American In 1991, USA Today and CNN took over publishing the coaches' football poll. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner In 1997, ESPN took the place of CNN as co-sponsor. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Finally, following the 2005 season, as a result of controversial voting practices related to the BCS, ESPN dropped its co-sponsorship of the football poll, leaving USA Today as the sole sponsor. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [3]
Although the coaches' football poll is often generally in accord with the AP Poll, there are important differences. Eleven times the Coaches Poll has crowned a different national champion than the AP Poll – in 1954, 1957, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1997, and 2003 – causing consternation among some college football fans. Also, since 1974, teams on probation are not recognized in the poll of coaches while the AP permits their inclusion. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.
The winner of the BCS National Championship Game is required to be voted number one, yet the AP Poll does not have this requirement.
The winner of the Coaches' Poll is awarded the exquisite Waterford Crystal National Championship Coaches' Trophy in an on-field post-game presentation. The AFCA National Championship Trophy is the trophy awarded by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA to the winner of College football 's BCS National
| Year | School | Head Coach |
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| 1950 | Oklahoma | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1951 | Tennessee | Robert Neyland |
| 1952 | Michigan State | Biggie Munn |
| 1953 | Maryland | Jim Tatum |
| 1954 | UCLA | Red Sanders |
| 1955 | Oklahoma | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1956 | Oklahoma | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1957 | Ohio State | Woody Hayes |
| 1958 | LSU | Paul Dietzel |
| 1959 | Syracuse | Ben Schwartzwalder |
| 1960 | Minnesota | Murray Warmath |
| 1961 | Alabama | Bear Bryant |
| 1962 | USC | John McKay |
| 1963 | Texas | Darrell Royal |
| 1964 | Alabama | Bear Bryant |
| 1965 | Michigan State | Duffy Daugherty |
| 1966 | Notre Dame | Ara Parseghian |
| 1967 | USC | John McKay |
| 1968 | Ohio State | Woody Hayes |
| 1969 | Texas | Darrell Royal |
| 1970 | Texas | Darrell Royal |
| 1971 | Nebraska | Bob Devaney |
| 1972 | USC | John McKay |
| 1973 | Alabama | Bear Bryant |
| 1974 | USC | John McKay |
| 1975 | Oklahoma | Barry Switzer |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh | Johnny Majors |
| 1977 | Notre Dame | Dan Devine |
| 1978 | USC | John Robinson |
| 1979 | Alabama | Bear Bryant |
| 1980 | Georgia | Vince Dooley |
| 1981 | Clemson | Danny Ford |
| 1982 | Penn State | Joe Paterno |
| 1983 | Miami (Fla. Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson was a Hall of Fame American football coach for the University of Oklahoma. Robert Reese Neyland ( February 17, 1892 &ndash March 28, 1962) was an American football coach and also served the Clarence Lester "Biggie" Munn ( September 11, 1908 &ndash March 18, 1975) was a college football player and coach James M “Big Jim” Tatum ( July 22, 1913 — July 23, 1959) was the legendary coach of the Maryland Terrapins football Henry Russell ("Red" Sanders (born March 7 1905 in Asheville North Carolina – died August 14 1958 in Los Angeles California) was an American Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes ( February 14, 1913  &ndash March 12, 1987) was a College football coach who is best remembered Paul Dietzel (Born September 5 1924, in Fremont Ohio) is a former College football Head coach at LSU, Army Ben Schwartzwalder ( June 2, 1909 &mdash April 28, 1993) was a Hall of Fame football coach at Syracuse Murray Warmath (born December 26, 1912) was the Head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football program from 1954 to 1971 John Harvey McKay ( July 5, 1923 &ndash June 10, 2001) was an American football coach Darrell K Royal (born July 6, 1924 in Hollis Oklahoma) is a College Football Hall of Fame member and is the winningest football Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty ( September 8, 1915 in Emeigh Pennsylvania – September 25, 1987 in Santa Barbara California) was Ara Raoul Parseghian (born May 21 1923 in Akron Ohio) is a former American collegiate football coach Robert S "Bob" Devaney ( 13 April, 1915 &ndash 9 May, 1997) was a College Barry Switzer (born October 5, 1937) is a former football coach in the college and professional ranks between 1962 and 1997 Johnny Majors (born May 21, 1935 in Lynchburg Tennessee) was a longtime College Football Head Coach and alumnus of the University of Tennessee Dan Devine ( December 22, 1924 - May 9, 2002) was a football coach who served as head coach at three colleges and also served Vincent Joseph Dooley (born September 4, 1932 in Mobile AL) was the head football coach (seasons 1964 through 1988 and Danny Lee Ford born December 19 1947 is a former American football coach, who most notably led Clemson University as its Head coach Joseph Vincent Paterno (born December 21, 1926, in Brooklyn New York) nicknamed JoePa, is the head coach of Pennsylvania State University's ) | Howard Schnellenberger |
| 1984 | Brigham Young | LaVell Edwards |
| 1985 | Oklahoma | Barry Switzer |
| 1986 | Penn State | Joe Paterno |
| 1987 | Miami (Fla. Howard Schnellenberger (born March 16, 1934) is an American football coach at both the professional and college level LaVell Edwards (born October 11, 1930 in Orem Utah) is a former American football coach of Brigham Young University (BYU ) | Jimmy Johnson |
| 1988 | Notre Dame | Lou Holtz |
| 1989 | Miami (Fla. James William Johnson (born July 16, 1943) is an American football coach and broadcaster Louis Leo Holtz (born on January 6 1937 in Follansbee West Virginia) is an author television commentator motivational speaker and former NCAA ) | Dennis Erickson |
| 1990 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Ross |
| 1991 | Washington | Don James |
| 1992 | Alabama | Gene Stallings |
| 1993 | Florida State | Bobby Bowden |
| 1994 | Nebraska | Tom Osborne |
| 1995 | Nebraska | Tom Osborne |
| 1996 | Florida | Steve Spurrier |
| 1997 | Nebraska | Tom Osborne |
| 1998 | Tennessee | Phil Fulmer |
| 1999 | Florida State | Bobby Bowden |
| 2000 | Oklahoma | Bob Stoops |
| 2001 | Miami (Fla. Dennis Erickson (born March 24, 1947, in Everett Washington) is the Head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils football team Robert Joseph Ross (born December 23, 1936, Richmond Virginia) is a retired college and NFL football coach Don James (born December 31, 1932 in Massillon Ohio) is a former College football coach at Kent State and Washington Eugene Clifton Stallings Jr (born March 2, 1935 in Paris Texas) is a former college and professional football coach. Robert Cleckler Bowden (born November 8, 1929 in Birmingham Alabama) better known as Bobby Bowden, is the current head College football Stephen Orr Spurrier (born April 20, 1945 in Miami Beach Florida) is a former American football player and currently the head coach Phillip Fulmer (born September 1 1950 in Winchester Tennessee) is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee, where he has been Robert Anthony Stoops (born September 9, 1960 in Youngstown, Ohio) is the Head coach of the University of Oklahoma ) | Larry Coker |
| 2002 | Ohio State | Jim Tressel |
| 2003 | LSU | Nick Saban |
| 2004 | USC | Pete Carroll |
| 2005 | Texas | Mack Brown |
| 2006 | Florida | Urban Meyer |
| 2007 | LSU | Les Miles |
Beginning in 1993, USA Today and CNN took over publishing the coaches' basketball poll for UPI. Larry Coker (born June 23, 1948 in Okemah Oklahoma) is the former head coach at the University of Miami from 2001 to 2006 James Patrick Tressel (born December 5, 1952) is the current head football coach at The Ohio State University. Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban (born October 31, 1951, in Fairmont, West Virginia) is an American College football coach and Peter Clay Carroll (born September 15, 1951, in San Francisco, California) is an American football coach former National Football William Mack Brown (born August 27, 1951) is head coach of the University of Texas Longhorn football team Urban Meyer (born July 10, 1964 in Ashtabula Ohio) is currently the head football coach at the University of Florida. Leslie Edwin "Les" Miles (born November 10, 1953 in Elyria Ohio) is an American College football coach and the current Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Beginning in the 1993-1994 basketball season, the Coaches' Poll began publishing its final poll after the NCAA basketball tournament. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the From 1995 to 2001, the poll was co-sponsored by USA Today and the NABC. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Finally, in 2002, ESPN joined as a co-sponsor of the Coaches' Poll along with USA Today and the National Association of Basketball Coaches where select NABC members serve as the voting block for the poll. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ESPN retains its involvement with the basketball poll despite no longer being involved with the football poll.
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Source Those coaches who have been dismissed from position are noted with an asterisk. Dana Altman (born on June 16, 1958 in Crete Nebraska) is currently the head coach of the Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team Tevester Anderson is the head men's basketball coach at Jackson State University. Edward Joseph "Ed" Biedenbach (born August 12 1945 is a retired American Basketball player James Arthur "Jim" Boeheim (ˈbeɪhaɪm born November 17, 1944) is the men's Basketball head coach for Syracuse University. Rick Byrd (born April 30, 1953 in Knoxville Tennessee)is the head coach of the Belmont University men's basketball team Charlie Coles is the head men's basketball coach at Miami University. Barry Collier is the Athletic director at Butler University in Indianapolis Indiana. Dick Davey is an assistant men's basketball coach at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins. Fran Dunphy (born 1948 is the head men's basketball coach at Temple University. Robson Jimmy Pillock Evans (born September 7 1946 in Hobbs New Mexico) is a college basketball coach with his most recent head coaching stint at Steve Fisher (born March 24, 1945 in Herrin Illinois, US) is a basketball coach currently at San Diego State University. Pat Flannery is a former head men's basketball coach at Bucknell University. Gregory (Greg Lawrence Graham (born November 26 1970, in Indianapolis Indiana) is an American former professional Basketball player Tom Green is the head men's basketball coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University. David (Dave McKinley Henderson (born July 21, 1964 in Drewry, North Carolina) is a retired American Basketball player Robert "Bob" McKillop (born July 13, 1950) is head coach of the men's Basketball team at the Davidson College. Phil Martelli is the current Basketball coach of the Saint Joseph's Hawks and maintains an impressive resume Ron Mitchell is the head men's basketball coach at Coppin State University. Joe Mihalich is the head men's basketball coach at Niagara University. Daniel Lloyd "Dan" Monson (born October 6, 1961 in Spokane Washington) is an American Basketball coach Dave Odom (born October 9, 1942) is a retired men's basketball coach who most recently coached at the University of South Carolina. Kenneth "Doc" Sadler is the head men's Basketball coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Bob Thomason is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of the Pacific. Jimmy Tillette is the Head coach of the men's College basketball team at Samford University in Birmingham Alabama. Perry Watson was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Detroit Mercy. Gary B Williams (born March 4, 1945 in Collingswood, New Jersey, United States) is the current head coach of the University Ted Woodward is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Maine. Rich Zvosec (born 1961) is a collegiate Basketball coach The Lorain Ohio native coached the University of Missouri–Kansas City from
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