From Deseret News archives:
USA Today Top 25 coaches poll
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
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.














