LITTLE ROCK — LINDY'S
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. S. California
5. Virginia Tech
6. LSU
7. Alabama
8. Ohio State
9. Mississippi
10. Oklahoma State
11. Penn State
12. California
13. Boise State
14. TCU
15. Oregon
16. Georgia Tech
17. Georgia
18. Florida State
19. North Carolina
20. West Virginia
21. Kansas
22. Nebraska
23. Utah
24. Michigan State
25. Brigham Young
ATHLON'S
1. Florida
2. Oklahoma
3. Texas
4. S. California
5. Ohio State
6. Alabama
7. Penn State
8. Virginia Tech
9. Oklahoma State
10. Mississippi
11. California
12. Boise State
13. Oregon
14. Georgia
15. Florida State
16. Nebraska
17. LSU
18. Cincinnati
19. North Carolina
20. Michigan State
21. Utah
22. Georgia Tech
23. Iowa
24. Notre Dame
25. Oregon State
SPORTING NEWS
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. S. California
5. Mississippi
6. Virginia Tech
7. Oregon
8. LSU
9. Ohio State
10. Oklahoma State
11. Georgia Tech
12. Penn State
13. Alabama
14. Boise State
15. Georgia
16. Oregon State
17. Florida State
18. Notre Dame
19. Utah
20. Texas Tech
21. California
22. Brigham Young
23. North Carolina
24. TCU
25. Kansas
PHIL STEELE
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. S. California
4. Oklahoma
5. Penn State
6. Mississippi
7. Notre Dame
8. Alabama
9. California
10. Ohio State
11. Virginia Tech
12. Boise State
13. Georgia
14. Oklahoma State
15. Brigham Young
16. Rutgers
17. LSU
18. TCU
19. Illinois
20. Iowa
21. Miami
22. Nebraska
23. Pittsburgh
24. UCLA
25. Clemson
RIVALS.COM
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. S. California
4. Oklahoma
5. LSU
6. Ohio State
7. Virginia Tech
8. Alabama
9. Boise State
10. Oklahoma State
11. Georgia Tech
12. California
13. Penn State14. Mississippi 15. Oregon 16. Florida State 17. Utah 18. Georgia 19. Kansas 20. Texas Tech 21. Iowa 22. Brigham Young 23. Notre Dame 24. South Florida 25. Oregon State COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS 1. Florida 2. S. California 3. Oklahoma 4. Texas 5. Georgia 6. Ohio State 7. LSU 8. Oklahoma State 9. Penn State 10. California 11. Alabama 12. Mississippi 13. Iowa 14. Virginia Tech 15. Oregon 16. Florida State 17. Notre Dame 18. West Virginia 19. Illinois 20. Missouri 21. Georgia Tech 22. Miami 23. Pittsburgh 24. Clemson 25. South FloridaUSA TODAY
The USA Today preseason Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, team's 2008 records, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th and final 2008 poll ranking: RANK, TEAM RECORD PTS 2008 1. Florida (53) 13-1 1,466 1 2. Texas (4) 12-1 1,386 3 3. Oklahoma (1) 12-2 1,358 5 4. S. California (1) 12-1 1,321 2 5. Alabama 12-2 1,134 6 6. Ohio State 10-3 1,126 11 7. Virginia Tech 10-4 1,020 14 8. Penn State 11-2 988 8 9. LSU 8-5 917 nr 10. Mississippi 9-4 889 15 11. Oklahoma State 9-4 861 1812. California 9-4 711 25 13. Georgia 10-3 707 10 14. Oregon 10-3 694 9 15. Georgia Tech 9-4 559 22 16. Boise State 12-1 542 13 17. TCU 11-2 461 7 18. Utah 13-0 404 4 19. Florida State 9-4 371 23 20. North Carolina 8-5 293 nr 21. Iowa 9-4 257 20 22. Nebraska 9-4 236 nr 23. Notre Dame 7-6 194 nr 24. Brigham Young 10-3 178 21 25. Oregon State 9-4 165 19 Others receiving votes (with 2008 records): Kansas (8-5) 138; Michigan State (9-4) 136;
Texas Tech (11-2) 114; Cincinnati (11-3) 90;
Pittsburgh (9-4) 64; West Virginia (9-4) 55;
Rutgers (8-5) 51; Miami (Fla.) (7-6) 46; Mis
souri (10-4) 44; Illinois (5-7) 38; Clemson
(7-6) 30; South Carolina (7-6) 18; UCLA (4-
8) 14; Auburn (5-7) 12; Nevada (7-6) 11;
South Florida (8-5) 11; Kentucky (7-6) 9;
North Carolina State (6-7) 7; Arkansas (5-7)
6; Wisconsin (7-6) 6; Northwestern (9-4) 5;
Southern Mississippi (7-6) 4; Wake Forest
(8-5) 4; Arizona (8-5) 3; Boston College (9-
5) 3; Central Michigan (8-5) 3; East Carolina
(9-5) 3; Colorado (5-7) 2; Maryland (8-5) 2;
Navy (8-5) 2; Tennessee (5-7) 2; Houston
(8-5) 1; Michigan (3-9) 1; Minnesota (7-6)
1; Troy (8-5) 1.
The USA Today Board of Coaches is made
up of 59 head coaches at Division I-A in
stitutions. All are members of the American
Football Coaches Association.
Sports, Pages 11 on 08/30/2009