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ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES
PRESEASON 2001 POLL
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| Rank | Team (first-place votes) |
2000
Record
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Points
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Last
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| 1. |
Florida (25) |
10-3
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1,401
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11
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| 2. | Miami FL (15) |
11-1
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1,349
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2
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| 3. | Oklahoma (8) |
13-0
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1,314
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1
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Nebraska (6) |
10-2
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1,292
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7
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Florida State (1) |
11-2
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1,249
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4
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Texas (2) |
9-3
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1,164
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12
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Tennessee (1) |
8-4
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1,042
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25
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Oregon (1) |
10-2
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1,038
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9
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Virginia Tech |
11-1
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899
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6
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Michigan (1) |
9-3
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856
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15
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Kansas State |
11-3
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844
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8
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| 12. | Oregon State |
11-1
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796
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5
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| 13. | Georgia Tech |
9-3
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706
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19
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Washington |
11-1
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652
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3
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| 15. | UCLA |
6-6
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547
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NR
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Notre Dame |
9-3
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534
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16
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| 17. | Louisiana State |
8-4
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515
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NR
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| 18. |
Clemson |
9-3
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503
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14
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| 19. | Mississippi State |
8-4
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481
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22
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| 20. | Northwestern |
8-4
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366
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NR
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| 21. | Ohio State |
8-4
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259
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NR
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| 22. | South Carolina |
8-4
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258
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21
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Wisconsin |
9-4
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204
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24
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Colorado State |
10-2
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168
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15
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| 25. | Alabama |
3-8
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131
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NR
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| Also receiving votes | |||||
| Purdue 120; Georgia 109; Auburn 93; Colorado 92; East Carolina 59; Louisville 51; Texas A&M 47; Pittsburgh 42; Southern California 41; North Carolina State 39; Penn State 31; TCU 27; Stanford 26; Marshall 23; Southern Mississippi 19; Fresno State 15; Brigham Young 14; UNLV 12; Michigan State 11; Minnesota 9; Illinois 8; Arkansas 7; Iowa State 7; Mississippi 7; Toledo 7; Texas-El Paso 4; Texas Tech 3; West Virginia 3; Western Michigan 2; Air Force 1; Duke 1; North Carolina 1; Syracuse 1. | |||||
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| The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 60 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. This season's voters: Terry Allen, Kansas; Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin; Gary Barnett, Colorado; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Todd Berry, Army; Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Jeff Bower, Southern Mississippi; Mack Brown, Texas; Watson Brown, Alabama-Birmingham; Keith Burns, Tulsa; Lloyd Carr, Michigan; Mike Cavan, Southern Methodist; Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.); Gary Crowton, Brigham Young; Gary Darnell, Western Michigan; Bob Davie, Notre Dame; Darrell Dickey, North Texas; Dennis Franchione, Alabama; Ralph Friedgen, Maryland; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Al Groh, Virginia; Walt Harris, Pittsburgh; Terry Hoeppner, Miami (Ohio); Joe Hollis, Arkansas State; Lou Holtz, South Carolina; Bobby Keasler, Louisiana-Monroe; Dirk Koetter, Arizona State; Mike Kruczek, Central Florida; Steve Logan, East Carolina; Sonny Lubick, Colorado State; Bill Lynch, Ball State; Glen Mason, Minnesota; Ron McBride, Utah; Dan McCarney, Iowa State; Rick Neuheisel, Washington; Gary Nord, Texas-El Paso; Joe Novak, Northern Illinois; Houston Nutt, Arkansas; Tom O'Brien, Boston College; George O'Leary, Georgia Tech; Lee Owens, Akron; Joe Paterno, Penn State; Bob Pruett, Marshall; Nick Saban, LSU; Jackie Sherrill, Mississippi State; R.C. Slocum, Texas A&M; John L. Smith, Louisville; Frank Solich, Nebraska; Steve Spurrier, Florida; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Joe Tiller, Purdue; Bob Toledo, UCLA; Ted Tollner, San Diego State; Chris Tormey, Nevada; Ron Turner, Illinois; Charlie Weatherbie, Navy; Tyrone Willingham, Stanford. | |||||