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ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Coaches' Poll
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Rank
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School (Firsts)
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Points
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'02 record
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Final '02 rank
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1.
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Oklahoma (29)
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1,514
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12-2
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5
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2.
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Ohio State (28)
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1,495
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14-0
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1
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3.
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Miami, Fla. (5)
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1,448
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12-1
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2
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4.
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Texas
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1,291
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11-2
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7
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5.
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Kansas State
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1,165
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11-2
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6
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6.
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Auburn (1)
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1,153
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9-4
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16
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7.
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Michigan
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1,110
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10-3
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9
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8.
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USC
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1,075
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11-2
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4
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9.
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Georgia
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1,030
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13-1
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3
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10.
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Virginia Tech
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932
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10-4
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14
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11.
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Pittsburgh
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712
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9-4
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18
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12.
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Florida State
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711
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9-5
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23
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13.
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Maryland
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704
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11-3
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13
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14.
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North Carolina State
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682
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11-3
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11
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15.
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LSU
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662
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8-5
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NR
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16.
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Tennessee
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658
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8-5
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NR
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17.
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Virginia
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526
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9-5
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25
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18.
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Notre Dame
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515
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10-3
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17
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19.
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Washington
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459
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7-6
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NR
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20.
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Wisconsin
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348
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8-6
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NR
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21.
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Florida
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312
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8-5
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24
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22.
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Purdue
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305
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7-6
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NR
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23.
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Arizona State
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297
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8-6
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NR
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24.
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Oklahoma State
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159
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8-5
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NR
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25.
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Colorado State
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143
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10-4
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NR
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25.
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Penn State
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143
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9-4
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15
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Others receiving votes: Iowa 132; Colorado 127; TCU 95; Texas A&M 90; Oregon State 70; Nebraska 64; UCLA 40; West Virginia 31; Hawaii 24; Boise State 22; BYU 22; Fresno State 22; Minnesota 22; Boston College 21; Arkansas 16; Washington State 16; Mississippi 14; Clemson 13; Missouri 12; Oregon 12; Marshall 11; Georgia Tech 9; New Mexico 9; Southern Mississippi 9; Utah 7; South Carolina 4; Air Force 3; Louisville 3; California 2; Illinois 1; North Texas 1; Syracuse 1; Toledo 1.
The ESPN/USA Today Board of Coaches is made up of 63 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. This season's board: Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin; Chuck Amato, North Carolina State; Tom Amstutz, Toledo; Gary Barnett, Colorado; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Jeff Bower, Southern Mississippi; Mack Brown, Texas; Watson Brown, Alabama-Birmingham; Lloyd Carr, Michigan; Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.); Gary Crowton, Brigham Young; David Cutcliffe, Mississippi; Gary Darnell, Western Michigan; Darrell Dickey, North Texas; Bill Doba, Washington State; Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M; Ralph Friedgen, Maryland; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Al Groh, Virginia; Walt Harris, Pittsburgh; Dan Hawkins, Boise State; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Terry Hoeppner, Miami (Ohio); Lou Holtz, South Carolina; Dirk Koetter, Arizona State; Mike Kruczek, Central Florida; Jim Leavitt, South Florida; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Sonny Lubick, Colorado State; Dan McCarney, Iowa State; Andy McCollum, Middle Tennessee; Glen Mason, Minnesota; Gary Nord, Texas-El Paso; Joe Novak, Northern Illinois; Tom O'Brien, Boston College; Lee Owens, Akron; Joe Paterno, Penn State; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bob Petrino, Louisville; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Bob Pruett, Marshall; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Steve Roberts, Arkansas State; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Nick Saban, LSU; John L. Smith, Michigan State; Frank Solich, Nebraska; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Jeff Tedford, California; Chris Tormey, Nevada; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Ron Turner, Illinois; Charlie Weatherbie, Louisiana-Monroe; Tyrone Willingham, Notre Dame. The AFCA prohibits schools on major NCAA or conference probation from receiving votes, making Alabama ineligible this season.
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