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The final Coaches Poll of the 2008 season (technically taking place in 2009) was notable in that the winner of the BCS Championship Game was not the unanimous number 1. . While the coaches are obligated to vote the winner of that game, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham voted his team number 1 after they defeated favored Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl and completed the only undefeated season (13
The AP Poll began with the 1936 college football season. [6] The Coaches Poll began with the 1950 college football season and became the second major polling system. [7] [better source needed] In 1978, Division I football was split into two distinct divisions and a second poll was added for the new Division I-AA.
Rankings reflect the AP Poll. Rankings for Week 8 and beyond will list BCS Rankings first and AP Poll second. Teams that failed to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted. Week 3 No. 1 USC defeated No. 5 Ohio State, 35–3 (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California) Week 4
Texas took the No. 1 ranking from Oklahoma with a win in the 2008 Red Rivalry game, but it was the Sooners who were later awarded a bid to the BCS national championship game.
The 2008 BCS National Championship Game (branded as the 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 7, 2008, and featured the No. 1 and No. 2 college football teams in the United States as determined by the BCS Poll (a combination of polls and computer formulas) to decide the BCS ...
The BCS might not be around any more, but college football fans still like to see what the old rankings would look like in today’s game. Well, here they are. After 10 weeks of college football ...
The top six teams from the simulated BCS rankings exactly match those from today’s AP and Coaches polls. With such little separation between the College Football Playoff contenders this year ...
Also, the Harris Poll did not release a post-bowl game poll or crown a national champion; the final Harris Poll was released along with the final BCS rankings. The Harris Interactive Poll was composed of former players, coaches, administrators, and current and former media who submitted votes for the top 25 teams each week.