USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll

Preseason poll

Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Final 2004 rank
1. Southern California (60) 13-0 1,547 1
2. Texas (2) 11-1 1,405 4
3. Tennessee 10-3 1,259 15
4. Michigan 9-3 1,242 12
5. Oklahoma 12-1 1,223 3
6. LSU 9-3 1,109 16
7. Virginia Tech 10-3 1,090 10
8. Miami (Fla.) 9-3 1,080 11
9. Ohio State 8-4 1,033 19
10. Iowa 10-2 1,014 8
11. Florida 7-5 910 25
12. Florida State 9-3 879 14
13. Georgia 10-2 838 6
14. Louisville 11-1 758 7
15. Auburn 13-0 723 2
16. Purdue 7-5 616 NR
17. Texas A&M 7-5 366 NR
18. Arizona State 9-3 304 20
19. Boise State 11-1 303 13
20. California 10-2 293 9
21. Texas Tech 8-4 247 17
22. Boston College 9-3 237 21
23. Virginia 8-4 210 23
24. Alabama 6-6 194 NR
25. Pittsburgh 8-4 193 NR

Others receiving votes

Fresno State (9-3) 188; Oregon (5-6) 145; Utah (12-0) 103; Georgia Tech (7-5) 88; Wisconsin (9-3) 79; North Carolina State (5-6) 69; Bowling Green (9-3) 63; Penn State (4-7) 44; Colorado (8-5) 40; Minnesota (7-5) 34; UCLA (6-6) 24; Texas-El Paso (8-4) 22; Nebraska (5-6) 21; Kansas State (4-7) 20; South Carolina (6-5) 16; Notre Dame (6-6) 13; West Virginia (8-4) 12; Wyoming (7-5) 12; Clemson (6-5) 9; New Mexico (7-5) 9; Arizona (3-8) 8; Northern Illinois (9-3) 8; Southern Mississippi (7-5) 7; Toledo (9-4) 7; Washington State (5-6) 7; Iowa State (7-5) 6; Michigan State (5-7) 6; Memphis (8-4) 5; Washington (1-10) 4; Miami (Ohio) (8-5) 3; Maryland (5-6) 2; UAB (7-5) 1; Duke (2-9) 1; Kansas (4-7) 1.

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Just win baby.

I can cout about 6 programs in front of us I think we'd rip in half if we played. Good thing is many of them play each other.

L-yes Wrote:Just win baby.

I can cout about 6 programs in front of us I think we'd rip in half if we played. Good thing is many of them play each other.

I like our ranking, not too high so the players will not get big headed and not too low to hurt our BCS Championship hopes. Take care of business and we will be more than fine.

I don't like Pittsburgh ranking, I feel it is too low. But like us they just need to take care of business especially against ND and Nebraska.

I actually thought UL would be ranked a little higher....but like everyone else said winning will take care of everything.....If West Virginia can get off to a good start hopefully we can join you guys in the polls before to long


Jackson

How in hell did Duke get a vote?

Spurrier always votes Duke 25th in the preseason because that was his first job.

L-yes Wrote:Just win baby.&nbsp;

I can cout about 6 programs in front of us I think we'd rip in half if we played.&nbsp; Good thing is many of them play each other.

Which 6?

RapmasterAC Wrote:

L-yes Wrote:Just win baby. 

I can cout about 6 programs in front of us I think we'd rip in half if we played.  Good thing is many of them play each other.

Which 6?

I only see us being better than Georgia and Florida State. Other than that I see it being pretty darn even as far as matchups against everyone else outside of USC. Truthfully the rest of the Top 14 doesn't scare me in the least.

The 6:

Georgia
Florida State
Florida (I know they have Urban but they were still 7-5 last season)
Ohio State
Va Tech
LSU

I believe we could compete with and probably win against most of those teams.

Preseason mean absolutely nothing! Lets see the Big East prove that poll wrong. I hope to see UL, Pitt, WVU, and, of course, UC :D on that list at the end of the season!

i hate preseason polls. polls shouldn't be out till the 4th or 5th week of the season.

Fanatical Wrote:How in hell did Duke get a vote?

They must be letting Dick Vitale vote on football now.

Bourgeois_Rage Wrote:Preseason mean absolutely nothing! Lets see the Big East prove that poll wrong. I hope to see UL, Pitt, WVU, and, of course, UC :D&nbsp; on that list at the end of the season!

If it not import, why they have pole position?

If you start at 25 and go undefeated the best you hope for is top 10 but if start at top 10, you have good change of playing in championship game if go undefeated.

cardheel Wrote:

Fanatical Wrote:How in hell did Duke get a vote?

They must be letting Dick Vitale vote on football now.

I bet you that was Spurrier, he always does that with the first coaches poll.

Interesting how many nonBCS were ranked or even got votes.

I know this has nothing to do with a lot but what year did they stop using the top 20 and go top 25?...and I just got finished watching Friday Night Lights...great movie...and remember hearing at one point when they were playing the Dallas Carter team that 9 of their players had already SIGNED letters of intent to D1 programs...now this would be in december...so when did the signing day change to February which is what we obviously now have?

bk1714 Wrote:Spurrier always votes Duke 25th in the preseason because that was his first job.

Further proof that preseason polls are a joke...

Unfortunately, where a team starts in the preseason has implications on where a team finishes at the end. I'm sure Auburn can attest to that.

If Spurrier doesn't take it seriously, I wonder how many others don't either.

SO#1 Wrote:

Bourgeois_Rage Wrote:Preseason mean absolutely nothing! Lets see the Big East prove that poll wrong. I hope to see UL, Pitt, WVU, and, of course, UC :D  on that list at the end of the season!

If it not import, why they have pole position?

If you start at 25 and go undefeated the best you hope for is top 10 but if start at top 10, you have good change of playing in championship game if go undefeated.

It's not important because the real polls, the BCS polls, come out later in the season now.

I believe it is still a factor. As long as the BCS continues to use polls as part of its formula, then some schools who are underrated at the beginning will still be at a disadvantage. Again, Auburn is a prime example. I'd say Utah is another good example.

I see no reason for the coaches to release a poll before October. Coaches will be the first to tell you that preseason polls don't mean anything.

Jim