🏈 Coaches Poll has Bama ranked #2 to start the season. More 1st place votes than LSU and USC

TerryP · Aug 2, 2012

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Aug. 2, 2012 — preseason poll

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Rank

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Record

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Points

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Final 2011 rank

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1.

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LSU (18)

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13-1

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1,403

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2

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2.

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Alabama (20)

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12-1

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1,399

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1

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3.

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Southern California (19)

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10-2

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1,388

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NR

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4.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Oklahoma (1)[/TD]
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10-3

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1,276

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15

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5.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Oregon [/TD]
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12-2

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1,258

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4

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6.

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Georgia

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10-4

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1,061

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20

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7.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Florida State (1)[/TD]
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9-4

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1,055

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23

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8.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Michigan[/TD]
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11-2

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1,023

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9

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9.

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South Carolina

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11-2

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981

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8

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10.

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Arkansas

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11-2

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948

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5

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11.

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West Virginia

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10-3

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833

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18

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12.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Wisconsin [/TD]
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11-3

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743

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11

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13.

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Michigan State

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11-3

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717

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10

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14.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Clemson [/TD]
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10-4

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598

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22

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15.

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8-5

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549

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16.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Nebraska[/TD]
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9-4

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501

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24

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17.

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11-2

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499

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13

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18.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Stanford [/TD]
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11-2

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497

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7

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19.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Oklahoma State [/TD]
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12-1

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476

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3

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20.

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11-3

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461

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17

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21.

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10-3

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398

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16

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22.

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12-1

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271

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6

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23.

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7-6

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250

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24.

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[TD="class: inside-copy, width: 499"]Notre Dame [/TD]
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8-5

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166

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NR

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25.

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8-5

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66

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[TD="class: inside-copy, colspan: 6"]Washington (7-6) 64; Louisville (7-6) 46; Georgia Tech (8-5) 35; Cincinnati (10-3) 32; Texas A&M (7-6) 28; Baylor (10-3) 23; Utah (8-5) 22; Mississippi State (7-6) 21; South Florida (5-7) 12; N.C. State (8-5) 11; BYU (10-3) 10; Louisiana Tech (8-5) 10; Virginia (8-5) 9; Houston (13-1) 7; Southern Mississippi (12-2) 6; Central Florida (5-7) 5; Rutgers (9-4) 5; Florida International (8-5) 3; Missouri (8-5) 3; Tennessee (5-7) 3; Northern Illinois (11-3) 2; Texas Tech (5-7) 1.[/TD]
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The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 59 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2012 season: David Bailiff, Rice; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Tim Beckman, Illinois; Bret Bielema, Wisconsin; Terry Bowden, Akron; Art Briles, Baylor; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Matt Campbell, Toledo; Gene Chizik, Auburn; Dave Christensen, Wyoming; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State; Dave Doeren, Northern Illinois; Sonny Dykes, Louisiana Tech; Jimbo Fisher, Florida State; Kyle Flood, Rutgers; James Franklin, Vanderbilt; Al Golden, Miami (Fla.); Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Darrell Hazell, Kent State; Brady Hoke, Michigan; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Skip Holtz, South Florida; Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana-Lafayette; Curtis Johnson, Tulane; Ellis Johnson, Southern Miss; Butch Jones, Cincinnati; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Lane Kiffin, Southern California; Mike Leach, Washington State; Pete Lembo, Ball State; Tony Levine, Houston; Mike London, Virginia; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Dan McCarney, North Texas; Mike MacIntyre, San Jose State; Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina; Gus Malzahn, Arkansas State; Bronco Mendenhall, BYU; Les Miles, LSU; George O'Leary, Central Florida; Paul Pasqualoni, Connecticut; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Chris Petersen, Boise State; Joker Phillips, Kentucky; Paul Rhoads, Iowa State; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Rich Rodriguez, Arizona; Nick Saban, Alabama; Steve Sarkisian, Washington; Frank Solich, Ohio; Steve Spurrier, South Carolina; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, California; Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech; Kevin Wilson, Indiana.
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TerryP · Aug 2, 2012

I've never seen the top three teams so close together in point totals or 1st place votes.

planomateo · Aug 2, 2012

15 point difference is insane between the top 3.

USC is gonna trip up, the question is when...can they beat USC twice?

planomateo · Aug 2, 2012

some questionable ones...

#6 Georgia - I'm not sold on them at all, they will lose 1-2 of these away games in my opinion @ Mizzou, @ SouthCarolina @ Auburn.
#15 Texas - really - let them get beat week 3 in Oxford, Mississippi please - Texas has two bye weeks 9/22 and 11/17 - WTF is up with that....
#23 Florida - Who'd they beat least year?

planomateo · Aug 2, 2012

Interesting numbers from Charles Bloom (@SECPRGuy)...

bamascw · Aug 2, 2012

Georgia looks a little high to me and I would have thought Arky would have been a bit higher, even with the coaching change. The way the talking heads at ESPN have been sucking up the USC koolaid, I was expecting to see them at #1.

tidentrue · Aug 2, 2012

how do you have more first place votes but be in #2???

TerryP · Aug 2, 2012

tidentrue said:
how do you have more first place votes but be in #2???

Because LSU had more second and third place votes.

Every team you see listed at the has been voted in the top 25. As example, see Mizzou with three points? That could be three 25th place votes.

#1 - 25 points
#2 - 24 points and so on down the line.

BAMANEWSBOT · Aug 2, 2012

Crimson Tide Ranked No. 2 in the USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches' Poll

The football team begins the season ranked No. 2 in the USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll, as the preseason rankings were released on Thursday. The Crimson Tide will face three of the teams in the top 10 including No. 1 LSU, No. 8 Michigan and No. 10 Arkansas.

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252BAMA · Aug 2, 2012

planomateo said:
some questionable ones...

#6 Georgia - I'm not sold on them at all, they will lose 1-2 of these away games in my opinion @ Mizzou, @ SouthCarolina @ Auburn.
#15 Texas - really - let them get beat week 3 in Oxford, Mississippi please - Texas has two bye weeks 9/22 and 11/17 - WTF is up with that....
#23 Florida - Who'd they beat least year?

All Big12 teams have two byes. They don't have a championship game.

planomateo · Aug 2, 2012

yeah, guess I just haven't paid attention since they wen't wussy /.

bamaraider · Aug 3, 2012

Right where we were last year, no problem with me.

🏈 Coaches Poll has Bama ranked #2 to start the season. More 1st place votes than LSU and USC

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