USA Today Top 25 coaches poll

Published: Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008 3:01 p.m. MST
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The final Top 25 football coaches poll of the regular season, with team's records in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week's poll and first-place votes received:

1. Oklahoma (12-1) ... 1482 ... 2 ... 31

2. Florida (12-1) ... 1481 ... 4 ... 26

3. Texas (11-1) ... 1408 ... 3 ... 4

4. (tie) Southern California (11-1) ... 1309 ... 5 ... 0

4. (tie) Alabama (12-1) ... 1309 ... 1 ... 0

6. Penn State (11-1) ... 1193 ... 6 ... 0

7. Utah (12-0) ... 1134 ... 7 ... 0

8. Texas Tech (11-1) ... 1132 ... 8 ... 0

9. Boise State (12-0) ... 1034 ... 9 ... 0

10. Ohio State (10-2) ... 1004 ... 10 ... 0

11. TCU (10-2) ... 877 ... 11 ... 0

12. Cincinnati (11-2) ... 830 ... 12 ... 0

13. Oregon (9-3) ... 747 ... 14 ... 0

14. Oklahoma State (9-3) ... 722 ... 15 ... 0

15. Georgia Tech (9-3) ... 690 ... 16 ... 0

16. Brigham Young (10-2) ... 541 ... 18 ... 0

17. Georgia (9-3) ... 537 ... 19 ... 0

18. Michigan State (9-3) ... 466 ... 21 ... 0

19. Virginia Tech (9-4) ... 337 ... not ranked ... 0

20. Northwestern (9-3) ... 334 ... 22 ... 0

21. Pittsburgh (9-3) ... 316 ... 23 ... 0

22. Ball State (12-1) ... 219 ... 13 ... 0

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23. Missouri (9-4) ... 218 ... 17 ... 0

24. Mississippi (8-4) ... 160 ... 25 ... 0

25. Oregon State (8-4) ... 131 ... 24 ... 0

Dropped out: No. 20 Boston College (9-4, lost to then-unranked Virginia Tech 30-12).

Others receiving votes: Boston College (9-4) 96; Iowa (8-4) 40; Florida State (8-4) 22; East Carolina (9-4) 15; California (8-4) 12; Kansas (7-5) 10; North Carolina (8-4) 6; Nebraska (8-4) 5; Buffalo (8-5) 3; Rice (9-3) 3; Rutgers (7-5) 2.

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.

Recent comments

tcu is pretty good, barely lost to utah

Taylor Rohm | Dec. 11, 2008 at 3:24 a.m.

this has got to be the most inflated top 25 ever, ball state? tcu?...

re: taylor rohm | Dec. 8, 2008 at 10:15 p.m.

What!!?

Where is Utah State? This poll lost all credibility with me!

St. George Aggie | Dec. 8, 2008 at 11:13 a.m.

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