Coaches Poll
The Coaches Poll is the 2nd oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll and 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 No. 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 No. 26, #27, etc. The maximum points a single team can earn is 1550.
Jim Tressel, head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, refused to vote in the Week 15 poll, citing a conflict of interest. In a change to the Coaches Poll for the 2006 season, the final ballots are made public. Tressel did not want his vote of picking Florida or Michigan to play against his team to be known publicly and therefore refused to vote and was an unprecedented move in that no Coaches Poll voter has ever refused to vote.
| Week 1 Aug 4 |
Week 2 Sept 2 |
Week 3 Sept 9 |
Week 4 Sept 16 |
Week 5 Sept 23 |
Week 6 Sept 30 |
Week 7 Oct 7 |
Week 8 Oct 14 |
Week 9 Oct 21 |
Week 10 Oct 28 |
Week 11 Nov 4 |
Week 12 Nov 11 |
Week 13 Nov 18 |
Week 14 Nov 25 |
Week 15 Dec 2 |
Week 16 Final |
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| 1. | Ohio State (28) | Ohio State (41) (1–0) | Ohio State (59) (2–0) | Ohio State (60) (3–0) | Ohio State (59) (4–0) | Ohio State (62) (5–0) | Ohio State (62) (6–0) | Ohio State (63) (7–0) | Ohio State (63) (8–0) | Ohio State (63) (9–0) | Ohio State (63) (10–0) | Ohio State (62) (11–0) | Ohio State (63) (12–0) | Ohio State (63) (12–0) | Ohio State (62) (12–0) | Florida (13–1) | 1. |
| 2. | Texas (11) | Texas (14) (1–0) | USC (2) (2–0) | USC (2) (3–0) | USC (2) (3–0) | USC (4–0) | USC (5–0) | USC (6–0) | USC (6–0) | Michigan (9–0) | Michigan (10–0) | Michigan (1) (11–0) | USC (9–1) | USC (10–1) | Florida (12–1) | Ohio State (12–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Notre Dame (9) т | USC (4) (1–0) | Notre Dame (1) (2–0) | Auburn (1) (3–0) | Auburn (2) (4–0) | Auburn (1) (5–0) | Florida (1) (6–0) | Michigan (7–0) | Michigan (8–0) | West Virginia (7–0) | Texas (9–1) | Florida (9–1) | Michigan (11–1) | Michigan (11–1) | Michigan (11–1) | LSU (11–2) | 3. |
| 4. | USC (1) т | Auburn (2) (1–0) | Auburn (1) (2–0) | West Virginia (3–0) | West Virginia (4–0) | West Virginia (4–0) | West Virginia (5–0) | West Virginia (6–0) | West Virginia (7–0) | Texas (8–1) | Louisville (8–0) | USC (8–1) | Florida (10–1) | Florida (11–1) | LSU (10–2) | USC (11–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Oklahoma (13) | Notre Dame (2) (1–0) т | West Virginia (2–0) | Florida (3–0) | Florida (4–0) | Florida (5–0) | Michigan (6–0) | Texas (6–1) | Texas (7–1) | Louisville (7–0) | Auburn (9–1) | Notre Dame (9–1) | Arkansas (10–1) | LSU (10–2) | Wisconsin (11–1) | Wisconsin (12–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Auburn (1) | West Virginia (1–0) т | Florida (2–0) | Michigan (3–0) | Michigan (4–0) | Michigan (5–0) | Texas (5–1) | Louisville (6–0) | Louisville (7–0) | Auburn (8–1) | Florida (8–1) | Arkansas (9–1) | Notre Dame (10–1) | Wisconsin (11–1) | Louisville (11–1) | Boise State (13–0) | 6. |
| 7. | West Virginia | Florida (1–0) | LSU (2–0) | Georgia (3–0) | Texas (3–1) | Texas (4–1) | Louisville (5–0) | Auburn (6–1) | Auburn (7–1) | Florida (7–1) | USC (7–1) | West Virginia (8–1) | West Virginia (9–1) | Louisville (10–1) | USC (10–2) | Louisville (12–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Florida | LSU (1–0) | Texas (1–1) | Texas (2–1) | Louisville (4–0) | Louisville (4–0) | Notre Dame (5–1) | Notre Dame (5–1) | Florida (6–1) | Tennessee (7–1) | Notre Dame (8–1) | Rutgers (9–0) | LSU (9–2) | Arkansas (10–2) | Oklahoma (11–2) | Auburn (11–2) | 8. |
| 9. | LSU | Florida State (1–0) | Georgia (2–0) | Louisville (3–0) | Georgia (4–0) | Georgia (5–0) | Tennessee (5–1) | Tennessee (5–1) | Tennessee (6–1) | USC (6–1) | California (8–1) | LSU (8–2) | Wisconsin (11–1) | Boise State (12–0) | Boise State (12–0) | Michigan (11–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Florida State | Oklahoma (1–0) | Florida State (2–0) | Virginia Tech (3–0) | Virginia Tech (4–0) т | LSU (4–1) | Auburn (5–1) | Florida (6–1) | Notre Dame (6–1) | Notre Dame (7–1) | West Virginia (7–1) | Wisconsin (10–1) | Texas (9–2) | Oklahoma (10–2) | Auburn (10–2) | West Virginia (11–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Miami | Georgia (1–0) | Oklahoma (2–0) | LSU (2–1) | LSU (3–1) т | Oregon (4–0) | California (5–1) | California (6–1) | Clemson (7–1) | California (7–1) | Arkansas (8–1) | Texas (9–2) | Louisville (9–1) | Auburn (10–2) | Notre Dame (10–2) | Oklahoma (11–3) | 11. |
| 12. | California | Louisville (1–0) | Louisville (2–0) | Oregon (3–0) | Oregon (4–0) | Notre Dame (4–1) | Clemson (5–1) | Clemson (6–1) | California (7–1) т | Arkansas (7–1) | LSU (7–2) | Louisville (8–1) | Boise State (11–0) | Notre Dame (10–2) | West Virginia (10–2) | Rutgers (11–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Louisville | Michigan (1–0) | Michigan (2–0) | Notre Dame (2–1) | Iowa (4–0) | Oklahoma (3–1) | Iowa (5–1) | Georgia Tech (5–1) | LSU (6–2) т | LSU (6–2) | Boise State (9–0) | Boise State (10–0) | Auburn (10–2) | Rutgers (10–1) | Arkansas (10–3) | Texas (10–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Georgia | Virginia Tech (1–0) | Virginia Tech (2–0) | Iowa (3–0) | Notre Dame (3–1) | Tennessee (4–1) | Georgia (5–1) | LSU (5–2) | Arkansas (6–1) | Boise State (8–0) | Rutgers (8–0) | Wake Forest (9–1) | Oklahoma (9–2) | Virginia Tech (10–2) | Virginia Tech (10–2) | California (10–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Michigan | Iowa (1–0) | Miami (1–1) | TCU (3–0) | TCU (4–0) | Clemson (4–1) | Georgia Tech (5–1) | Oregon (5–1) | Boise State (8–0) | Rutgers (8–0) | Tennessee (7–2) | Auburn (9–2) | Georgia Tech (9–2) | West Virginia (9–2) | Wake Forest (11–2) | BYU (11–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Virginia Tech | Miami (0–1) | Iowa (2–0) | Oklahoma (2–1) | Oklahoma (3–1) | Florida State (3–1) | LSU (4–2) | Nebraska (6–1) | Rutgers (7–0) | Boston College (7–1) | Wisconsin (9–1) т | Oklahoma (8–2) | Rutgers (9–1) | Wake Forest (10–2) | Texas (9–3) | Arkansas (10–4) | 16. |
| 17. | Iowa | Tennessee (1–0) | Tennessee (2–0) | Florida State (2–1) | Florida State (3–1) | California (4–1) | Virginia Tech (4–1) | Boise State (7–0) | Boston College (6–1) | Wisconsin (8–1) | Oklahoma (7–2) (t16) | California (8–2) | Virginia Tech (9–2) | Texas (9–3) | Rutgers (10–2) | Wake Forest (11–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Clemson | Clemson (1–0) | Oregon (2–0) | Arizona State (3–0) | Tennessee (3–1) | Virginia Tech (4–1) | Oregon (4–1) | Arkansas (5–1) | Wisconsin (7–1) | Oklahoma (6–2) | Georgia Tech (7–2) | Georgia Tech (8–2) | Boston College (9–2) | Nebraska (9–3) | Tennessee (9–3) | Virginia Tech (10–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Penn State | Penn State (1–0) | Nebraska (2–0) | Tennessee (2–1) | Clemson (3–1) | Iowa (4–1) | Boise State (6–0) | Rutgers (6–0) | Oklahoma (5–2) | Clemson (7–2) | Wake Forest (8–1) | Virginia Tech (8–2) | Nebraska (8–3) | Tennessee (9–3) | California (9–3) | Notre Dame (10–3) | 19. |
| 20. | Oregon | Oregon (1–0) | TCU (2–0) | California (2–1) | California (3–1) | Georgia Tech (4–1) | Nebraska (5–1) | Oklahoma (4–2) | Nebraska (6–2) | Georgia Tech (6–2) | Oregon (7–2) | Boston College (8–2) | Wake Forest (9–2) | California (8–3) | BYU (10–2) | Boston College (10–3) | 20. |
| 21. | TCU | Nebraska (1–0) | California (1–1) | Boston College (3–0) | Nebraska (3–1) | Boise State (5–0) | Missouri (6–0) | Boston College (5–1) | Georgia Tech (5–2) | Texas A&M (8–1) | Virginia Tech (7–2) | Maryland (8–2) | Tennessee (8–3) | BYU (10–2) | Texas A&M (9–3) | TCU (11–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Nebraska | TCU (1–0) | Texas Tech (2–0) | Alabama (3–0) | Boise State (4–0) | Nebraska (4–1) | Oklahoma (3–2) | Wisconsin (6–1) | Texas A&M (7–1) | Oregon (6–2) | Boston College (7–2) | Nebraska (8–3) | California (8–3) | Georgia Tech (9–3) | Nebraska (9–4) | Oregon State (10–4) | 22. |
| 23. | Tennessee | California (0–1) | Arizona State (2–0) | Clemson (2–1) | Rutgers (4–0) | Rutgers (5–0) | Arkansas (4–1) | Iowa (5–2) | Missouri (7–1) | Wake Forest (7–1) | Texas A&M (8–2) | Tennessee (7–3) | BYU (9–2) | Hawaiʻi (10–2) | Boston College (9–3) | Tennessee (9–4) | 23. |
| 24. | Alabama | Texas Tech (1–0) | Alabama (2–0) | Nebraska (2–1) | Texas Tech (3–1) | Texas Tech (4–1) | Rutgers (5–0) | Georgia (5–2) | Oregon (5–2) | Virginia Tech (6–2) | Maryland (7–2) | BYU (8–2) | Clemson (8–3) | Texas A&M (9–3) | TCU (10–2) | Hawaiʻi (11–3) | 24. |
| 25. | Texas Tech | Alabama (1–0) | Boston College (2–0) | Boise State (3–0) | Boston College (3–1) | Missouri (5–0) | Boston College (4–1) | Texas A&M (6–1) | Georgia (6–2) | Missouri (7–2) | Nebraska (7–3) | Clemson (8–3) | Hawaiʻi (9–2) | Boston College (9–3) | Oregon State (9–4) т | Penn State (9–4) | 25. |
| Georgia Tech (9–4) т | |||||||||||||||||
| Week 1 Aug 4 |
Week 2 Sept 2 |
Week 3 Sept 9 |
Week 4 Sept 16 |
Week 5 Sept 23 |
Week 6 Sept 30 |
Week 7 Oct 7 |
Week 8 Oct 14 |
Week 9 Oct 21 |
Week 10 Oct 28 |
Week 11 Nov 4 |
Week 12 Nov 11 |
Week 13 Nov 18 |
Week 14 Nov 25 |
Week 15 Dec 2 |
Week 16 Final |
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| Dropped: None |
Dropped: Clemson Penn State |
Dropped: Miami Texas Tech |
Dropped: Arizona State Alabama |
Dropped: TCU Boston College |
Dropped: Florida State Texas Tech |
Dropped: Virginia Tech Missouri |
Dropped: Iowa |
Dropped: Georgia Nebraska |
Dropped: Clemson Missouri |
Dropped: Oregon Texas A&M |
Dropped: Maryland |
Dropped: Clemson |
Dropped: Hawaiʻi |
Dropped: Texas A&M Nebraska Georgia Tech |
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