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there have been years where the polls disagree. Eleven times – in 1954, 1957, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1997, and 2003 – the
Coaches Poll has crowned a different national champion than the AP Poll, causing consternation among some college football fans. Until 1974, the final Coaches
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International Trophy, emblematic of the 1959 national collegiate football championship, was formally presented to Syracuse University Wednesday night. Leo H. Petersen, UPI sports editor, presented the trophy to Syracuse Coach Floyd Ben Schwartzwalder as the highlight of an annual
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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. For the 1990-1991 football and basketball seasons, the poll expanded to a "Top 25," and it has retained this format since. It was initially published by United Press
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Coaches Poll has come under criticism for being inaccurate, with some of the charges being that coaches are biased towards their own teams and conferences, that coaches don't actually complete their own ballots, and that coaches are unfamiliar with even the basics, such as whether a team is
198:. The basketball and baseball polls were not sponsored by Amway and did not adopt this name. In August 2023, US LBM, a distributor of specialty building materials, became the football poll's new title sponsor in a deal that will run through at least the 2026 season.
498:/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. The poll began in 1992. The poll appears in the preseason, then begins weekly after week 2 of the season through the end of conference tournaments. A final poll is released after the conclusion of the
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436:, citing the need to "protect the poll's integrity", revealed that Kiffin had voted his team for the top spot. Kiffin apologized and explained that his comments were from the perspective of an opposing coach voting for USC.
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American Football Coaches Association began publishing a Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll in 2000 and a Division III Top 25 Coaches' Poll in 1999. Before this poll, regional rankings were used instead.
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banquet tendered the team and its coaches by the
Varsity and Touchdown Clubs of Syracuse University. Known as the "UPI Cup," the huge trophy is awarded each year to the team chosen best in the nation.
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resigned as a voter after just one vote amidst controversy over his preseason selection of his school as No. 1. Kiffin told reporters, "I would not vote USC No. 1, I can tell you that much." However,
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and CNN took over publishing the coaches' basketball poll for UPI. Beginning in the 1993–94 basketball season, the
Coaches Poll began publishing its final poll after the
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and its precursors was contractually named the #1 team on the
Coaches Poll, and awarded the trophy in a post-game presentation. With the replacement of the BCS by the
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January final poll was well-timed as the top-ranked team in the UPI coaches poll lost its bowl game five more times in the 1970s: in
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was serving a second year of probation, went undefeated, and were AP champions; they were unlisted in the UPI coaches' poll, whose champion was
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Starting in 1991, USA Today / CNN took over operation of the Coaches Poll from UPI and awarded the Coaches' Trophy.
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The UPI Trophy, known as the "UPI Cup", was awarded to the Coaches Poll winner prior to the introduction of the
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national title. In the preceding decade, the UPI coaches poll national champion lost its bowl game three times:
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was announced as the title sponsor of the college football Coaches Poll, which became known officially as the
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693:. Vol. 68, no. 154. Madera, California. United Press International. December 17, 1959. p. 5
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Poll was taken before the bowl games, while the final AP poll was taken after the bowls starting with the
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season, the final Coaches Poll was released in early December, after the regular season, but before the
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in 2014, the trophy will still be awarded, but in a separate ceremony some time following the
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season, the Coaches Poll has conducted its final poll in January, after the bowl games.
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241:(also in 1965, but not in 1966 or 1967). This was changed after the 1973 season, when
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2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings § USA Today Coaches Poll
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The team that finishes first in the coaches' poll is currently awarded with the
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was crowned as the Coaches Poll national champion in December, yet lost the
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Although the coaches' football poll has generally been in accord with the
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teams. The football version of the poll has been known officially as the
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717:"FBS coaches poll will continue every week despite BCS going away"
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635:"Amway Coaches Poll to go live for 2014 college football season"
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467:. From the 1993 to 1997 seasons, the poll was co-sponsored by
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1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 ·
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661:"US LBM is the new sponsor of college football's coaches poll"
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College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS
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used from 1998 to 2013 to determine the teams to play in the
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undefeated or not, about teams they are voting on. In 2012,
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and ESPN also publish a top 25 college baseball poll for
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College men's basketball rankings in the United States
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Archive of all public Coaches Poll ballots since 2007
820:"American Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll"
406:—from its inception through 2014, the winner of the
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67:
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824:American Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll
207:Year-by-year final Coaches poll football champions
140:The football Coaches Poll was an element of the
165:(UPI) – from 1950 thru 1990, followed by
3440:College baseball rankings in the United States
845:"USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll"
742:. Chattanooga Times Free Press. Archived from
416:College Football Playoff National Championship
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131:National Association of Basketball Coaches
2292:NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
27:Weekly ranking of US college sports teams
3333:Harris Interactive College Football Poll
553:Harris Interactive College Football Poll
574:
790:"Lane Kiffin relinquishes voting duty"
767:"Coaches Make a Mockery of Their Poll"
740:"As always, coaches poll shows biases"
558:List of NCAA college football rankings
29:
3328:FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll
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548:FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll
135:American Baseball Coaches Association
127:American Football Coaches Association
7:
800:from the original on August 17, 2012
719:. Associated Press. January 13, 2013
659:Meyerburg, Paul (August 30, 2023).
3249:Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings
370:The sole exception was undefeated
93:is a weekly ranking of the top 25
25:
2720:NCAA Division I baseball rankings
404:AFCA National Championship Trophy
257:. The same situation occurred in
213:AFCA National Championship Trophy
3234:English Chess Federation grading
788:Moura, Pedro (August 13, 2012).
738:Epps, Darren (9 December 2008).
512:
685:Written at Syracuse, New York.
609:"Men's Basketball Coaches Poll"
903:NCAA college football rankings
765:Volin, Ben (9 December 2008).
687:"UPI Trophy Given to Syracuse"
533:Mythical National Championship
408:BCS National Championship Game
150:BCS National Championship Game
1:
3348:USA Today/Amway Coaches' Poll
3259:Rating Percentage Index (RPI)
3214:Advanced Football Analytics
3207:Methods and computer models
583:"Amway Top 25 Coaches Poll"
448:For the current polls, see
161:– known from 1958 as
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465:NCAA basketball tournament
447:
234:Associated Press (AP) Poll
210:
187:from 2005 to the present.
163:United Press International
3430:College football rankings
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101:Football Bowl Subdivision
3425:Bowl Championship Series
3224:Bowl Championship Series
1167:NCAA University Division
492:NCAA Division I baseball
412:College Football Playoff
142:Bowl Championship Series
68:Div I women's basketball
3254:Pythagorean expectation
520:College football portal
183:from 1997 to 2004, and
1515:NCAA Division I-AA/FCS
459:Beginning in 1992–93,
58:Div I men's basketball
3169:Sports rating systems
1269:NCAA Division I-A/FBS
225:. Beginning with the
175:from 1991 thru 1996,
33:Current Coaches Polls
3193:Strength of schedule
500:College World Series
3122:Collegiate Baseball
120:US LBM Coaches Poll
3343:NAIA Coaches' Poll
3239:Litkenhous Ratings
3219:ARGH Power Ratings
563:NAIA Coaches' Poll
473:Cable News Network
444:College basketball
196:Amway Coaches Poll
190:In February 2014,
144:(BCS) rankings, a
112:college basketball
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3316:Polls and opinion
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2118:NCAA Division III
769:. Palm Beach Post
114:, and Division I
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424:USC Trojans
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42:2024 season
3419:Categories
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569:References
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396:in 1986.
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644:19 April
506:See also
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280:won the
278:Nebraska
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