The Amway Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season, using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the American Football Coaches Association their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th. Access the poll here.
Here is the 2018 Preseason Amway Coaches Poll:
1) Alabama (1,621 total points) 61 first-place votes)
2) Clemson (1,547) (3)
3) Ohio State (1,458) (1)
4) Georgia (1,452)
5) Oklahoma (1,288)
6) Washington (1,245)
7) Wisconsin (1,243)
8) Miami (Fla.) (1,091)
9) Penn State (1,052)
10) Auburn (1,004)
11) Notre Dame (892)
12) Michigan State (870)
13) Stanford (768)
14) Michigan (752)
15) USC (691)
16) TCU (530)
17) Virginia Tech (524)
18) Mississippi State (407)
19) Florida State (328)
20) West Virginia (310)
21) Texas (265)
22) Boise State (261)
23) Central Florida (259)
24) LSU (254)
25) Oklahoma State (168)
Other receiving votes: South Carolina (138); Florida (135); Oregon (105); Utah (81); Northwestern (67); Texas A&M (67); Kansas State (35); Florida Atlantic (27); Boston College (23); Memphis (23); North Carolina State (22); Arkansas State (19); Troy (19); Appalachian State (16); San Diego State (15); Iowa (8); Iowa State (8); Kentucky (8); Washington State (7); South Florida (6); Duke (5); Fresno State (4); Louisville (3); Arizona (2); Houston (2); Army (1); Northern Illinois (1).
Coaches Participating in the Voting that Determines the Rankings: The 2018 Amway Board of Coaches are: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State; Major Applewhite, Houston; Dino Babers, Syracuse; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; John Bonamego, Central Michigan; Terry Bowden, Akron; Jeff Brohm, Purdue; Neal Brown, Troy; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Geoff Collins, Temple; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Bob Davie, New Mexico; Butch Davis, Florida International; Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; DJ Durkin, Maryland; Herm Edwards, Arizona State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; P.J. Fleck, Minnesota; James Franklin, Penn State; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Turner Gill, Liberty; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Boise State; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tom Herman, Texas; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Mike Jinks, Bowling Green; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Brad Lambert, Charlotte; Mike Leach, Washington State; Lance Leipold, Buffalo; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Doug Martin, New Mexico State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Jay Norvell, Nevada; Barry Odom, Missouri; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Chris Petersen, Washington; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Charlie Strong, South Florida; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, Fresno State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Everett Withers, Texas State.
Note: Ohio State coach Urban Meyer will not participate in the Amway Coaches Poll while he serves a three-game suspension handed down by Ohio State. Meyer will return to the pol the week after his suspension expires September 15. Maryland coach DJ Durkin, on administrative leave, also is ineligible to vote while the university conducts investigations into this program.
No comments:
Post a Comment