Coaches' Poll
The Coaches' Poll is the 2nd oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 62 college football Division I head coaches. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25 . Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked #1; second highest is ranked #2 and so forth. Only the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. Any team receiving votes after the top 25 are listed after the top 25 by their point totals. However, these are not real rankings: They are not considered #26, #27, etc. The maximum points a single team can earn is 1550.
| Week 1 Preseason |
Week 2 Sept 3 |
Week 3 Sept 10 |
Week 4 Sept 17 |
Week 5 Sept 24 |
Week 6 Oct 1 |
Week 7 Oct 8 |
Week 8 Oct 15 |
Week 9 Oct 22 |
Week 10 Oct 29 |
Week 11 Nov 5 |
Week 12 Nov 12 |
Week 13 Nov 19 |
Week 14 Nov 26 |
Week 15 Dec 3 |
Week 16 Final |
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| 1. | USC (60) | USC (60) (1–0) | USC (59) (1–0) | USC (60) (2–0) | USC (60) (3–0) | USC (60) (4–0) | USC (57) (5–0) | USC (54) (6–0) | USC (53) (7–0) | USC (56) (8–0) | USC (56) (9–0) | USC (57) (10–0) | USC (49) (11–0) | USC (53) (11–0) | USC (55) (12–0) | Texas# (62) (13–0) | 1. |
| 2. | Texas (2) | Texas (2) (1–0) | Texas (3) (2–0) | Texas (2) (3–0) | Texas (1) (3–0) | Texas (1) (4–0) | Texas (4) (5–0) | Texas (7) (6–0) | Texas (8) (7–0) | Texas (5) (8–0) | Texas (6) (9–0) | Texas (7) (10–0) | Texas (13) (10–0) | Texas (9) (11–0) | Texas (7) (12–0) | USC (12–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Tennessee | Michigan (1–0) | LSU (1–0) | LSU (1–0) | Virginia Tech (1) (4–0) | Virginia Tech (1) (5–0) | Virginia Tech (1) (6–0) | Virginia Tech (1) (6–0) | Virginia Tech (7–0) | Virginia Tech (1) (8–0) | Alabama (9–0) | Miami (8–1) | LSU (9–1) | LSU (10–1) | Penn State (10–1) | Penn State (11–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Michigan | Tennessee (1–0) | Tennessee (1–0) | Virginia Tech (3–0) | LSU (1–0) | Georgia (4–0) | Georgia (5–0) | Georgia (6–0) | Georgia (7–0) | Alabama (8–0) | Miami (7–1) | LSU (8–1) | Penn State (10–1) | Penn State (10–1) | Ohio State (9–2) | Ohio state (10–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Oklahoma | LSU (0–0) | Virginia Tech (2–0) | Florida (3–0) | Florida (4–0) | Florida State (4–0) | Florida State (5–0) | Alabama (6–0) | Alabama (7–0) | Miami (6–1) | LSU (7–1) | Penn State (9–1) | Virginia Tech (9–1) | Virginia Tech (10–1) | Oregon (10–1) | LSU (11–2) | 5. |
| 6. | LSU | Virginia Tech (1–0) | Georgia (2–0) | Georgia (3–0) | Georgia (4–0) | Ohio State (3–1) | Miami (4–1) | Miami (5–1) | Miami (5–1) | LSU (6–1) | Penn State (9–1) | Virginia Tech (8–1) | Notre Dame (8–2) | Ohio State (9–2) | Notre Dame (9–2) | West Virginia (11–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Virginia Tech | Ohio State (1–0) | Florida (2–0) | Florida State (3–0) | Florida State (3–0) | Tennessee (3–1) | Alabama (5–0) | LSU (4–1) | LSU (5–1) | UCLA (8–0) | Notre Dame (6–2) | Notre Dame (7–2) | Ohio State (9–2) | Notre Dame (9–2) | Auburn (9–2) | Virginia Tech (11–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Miami | Iowa (1–0) | Florida State (2–0) | Louisville (2–0) | Ohio State (3–1) | Miami (3–1) | LSU (3–1) | Texas Tech (6–0) | UCLA (7–0) | Florida State (7–1) | Virginia Tech (8–1) | Alabama (9–1) | Oregon (10–1) | Oregon (10–1) | Georgia (10–2) | Alabama (10–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Ohio State | Georgia (1–0) | Ohio State (1–1) | Ohio State (2–1) | Tennessee (1–1) | California (5–0) | Notre Dame (4–1) | UCLA (6–0) | Florida State (6–1) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Georgia (7–1) | Ohio State (8–2) | Auburn (9–2) | Auburn (9–2) | Miami (9–2) | TCU (11–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Iowa | Florida (1–0) | Louisville (1–0) | Purdue (2–0) | Miami (2–1) | Alabama (5–0) | Penn State (6–0) | Florida State (5–1) | Notre Dame (5–2) | Georgia (7–1) | Ohio State (7–2) | Oregon (9–1) | Miami (8–2) | Miami (9–2) | LSU (10–2) | Georgia (10–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Florida | Florida state (1–0) | Purdue (1–0) | Tennessee (1–1) | California (4–0) | LSU (2–1) | Texas Tech (5–0) | Boston College (6–1) | Boston College (6–1) | Penn State (8–1) | Oregon (8–1) | UCLA (9–1) | UCLA (9–1) | UCLA (9–1) | West Virginia (10–1) | Notre Dame (9–3) | 11. |
| 12. | Florida State | Louisville (1–0) | Notre Dame (2–0) | Miami (1–1) | Michigan State (4–0) | Notre Dame (4–1) | UCLA (5–0) | Notre Dame (4–2) | Penn State (7–1) | Ohio State (6–2) | Florida (7–2) | Auburn (8–2) | West Virginia (8–1) | West Virginia (9–1) | Virginia Tech (10–2) | Oregon (10–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Georgia | Purdue (0–0) | Miami (0–1) | Michigan (2–1) | Texas Tech (3–0) | Texas Tech (4–0) | Florida (5–1) | Ohio State (4–2) | Ohio State (5–2) | Oregon (7–1) | Texas Tech (8–1) | West Virginia (8–1) | Georgia (8–2) | Georgia (9–2) | Alabama (9–2) | UCLA (10–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Louisville | Miami (0–1) | Michigan (1–1) | California (3–0) | Notre Dame (3–1) | Wisconsin (5–0) | Boston College (5–1) | Penn State (6–1) | Oregon (7–1) | Wisconsin (8–1) | UCLA (8–1) | Georgia (7–2) | Alabama (9–2) | Alabama (9–2) | TCU (10–1) | Auburn (9–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Auburn | Arizona State (1–0) | California (2–0) | Georgia Tech (3–0) | Arizona State (3–1) | Florida (4–1) | Ohio State (3–2) | Auburn (5–1) | Wisconsin (7–1) | Florida (6–2) | West Virginia (7–1) | TCU (10–1) | TCU (10–1) | TCU (10–1) | Texas Tech (9–2) | Wisconsin (10–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Purdue | Oklahoma (0–1) | Boston College (2–0) | Texas Tech (2–0) | Alabama (4–0) | UCLA (4–0) | California (5–1) | Oregon (6–1) | Texas Tech (6–1) | West Virginia (6–1) | Florida State (7–2) | Fresno State (8–1) | Fresno State (8–2) | Texas Tech (9–2) | Louisville (9–2) | Florida (9–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Texas A&M | California (1–0) | Oklahoma (1–1) | Arizona State (2–1) | Wisconsin (4–0) | Boston College (4–1) | Michigan State (4–1) | Wisconsin (6–1) | West Virginia (6–1) | Texas Tech (7–1) | Auburn (7–2) | Michigan (7–3) | Texas Tech (9–2) | Louisville (8–2) | UCLA (9–2) | Boston College (9–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Arizona State | Boston College (1–0) | Georgia Tech (2–0) | Notre Dame (2–1) | Virginia (3–0) | Penn State (5–0) | Tennessee (3–2) | Tennessee (3–2) | Florida (5–2) | Auburn (6–2) | TCU (9–1) | Louisville (7–2) | Louisville (7–2) | Florida (8–3) | Florida (8–3) | Miami (9–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Boise State | Texas Tech (0–0) | Texas Tech (1–0) | Virginia (2–0) | Minnesota (4–0) | Michigan State (4–1) | Louisville (4–1) | Florida (5–2) | Auburn (5–2) | Boston College (6–2) | Wisconsin (8–2) | Texas Tech (8–2) | Florida (9–3) | Boston College (8–3) | Boston College (8–3) | Texas Tech (9–3) | 19. |
| 20. | California | Virginia (1–0) | Virginia (1–0) | Alabama (3–0) | Purdue (2–1) | Arizona State (3–2) | Auburn (4–1) | West Virginia (6–1) | TCU (7–1) | TCU (8–1) | Fresno State (7–1) | Florida (7–3) | Boston College (8–3) | Wisconsin (9–3) | Wisconsin (9–3) | Louisville (9–3) | 20. |
| 21. | Texas Tech | Georgia Tech (1–0) | Iowa (1–1) | Iowa (2–1) | UCLA (3–0) | Auburn (4–1) | Oregon (5–1) | TCU (6–1) | California (6–2) | California (6–2) | Colorado (7–2) | South Carolina (7–3) | Florida State (7–3) | Michigan (7–4) | Florida State (8–4) | Clemson (8–4) | 21. |
| 22. | Boston College | Alabama (1–0) | Arizona State (1–1) | Michigan State (3–0) | Louisville (2–1) | Louisville (3–1) | Minnesota (5–1) | Michigan State (4–2) | Minnesota (5–2) | Fresno State (6–1) | Michigan (6–3) | Florida State (7–3) | Wisconsin (8–3) | Fresno State (8–3) | Clemson (7–4) | Oklahoma (8–4) | 22. |
| 23. | Virginia | Notre Dame (1–0) | Clemson (2–0) | UCLA (3–0) | Boston College (3–1) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Wisconsin (5–1) | California (5–2) | Northwestern (5–2) | Michigan (6–3) | Louisville (6–2) | Boston College (7–3) | Michigan (7–4) | Clemson (7–4) | Georgia Tech (7–4) | Florida State (8–5) | 23. |
| 24. | Alabama | Fresno State (0–0) | Alabama (2–0) | Wisconsin (3–0) | Auburn (3–1) | Michigan (3–2) | Colorado (4–1) | Virginia (4–2) | Fresno State (5–1) | Colorado (6–2) | Georgia Tech (6–2) | Wisconsin (8–3) | Georgia Tech (7–3) | Georgia Tech (7–4) | Georgia Tech (7–4) | Nebraska (8–4) | 24. |
| 25. | Pittsburgh | Auburn (0–1) | Fresno State (1–0) | Boston College (2–1) | Georgia Tech (3–1) | Virginia (3–1) | West Virginia (5–1) | Minnesota (5–2) | Tennessee (3–3) | Louisville (5–2) | Boston College (6–3) | UTEP (8–1) | Iowa State (7–3) | Iowa (7–4) | Iowa (7–4) | California (8–4) | 25. |
| Week 1 Preseason |
Week 2 Sept 3 |
Week 3 Sept 10 |
Week 4 Sept 17 |
Week 5 Sept 24 |
Week 6 Oct 1 |
Week 7 Oct 8 |
Week 8 Oct 15 |
Week 9 Oct 22 |
Week 10 Oct 29 |
Week 11 Nov 5 |
Week 12 Nov 12 |
Week 13 Nov 19 |
Week 14 Nov 26 |
Week 15 Dec 3 |
Week 16 Final |
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| Dropped: Texas A&M Boise State Pittsburgh |
Dropped: Auburn |
Dropped: Oklahoma Clemson Fresno State |
Dropped: Michigan Iowa Michigan |
Dropped: Minnesota Purdue |
Dropped: Arizona State Georgia Tech Michigan Virginia |
Dropped: Louisville Colorado |
Dropped: Michigan State Virginia |
Dropped: Minnesota Northwestern Tennessee |
Dropped: California |
Dropped: Colorado Georgia Tech |
Dropped: South Carolina UTEP |
Dropped: Iowa State Florida State |
Dropped: Fresno State |
Dropped: Michigan Georgia Tech Iowa |
Read more about this topic: 2005 NCAA Division I-A Football Rankings
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