USA Today Coach's Poll

[SMU Pom Mom]

ORV, not too shabby:

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/p ... 021-08-10/

[HubbaHubba]

More votes than 3 time national champions FSU.

[White Helmet]

And less votes than 5 of our conference mates…

[PNW_Stang]

We will have to prove it several years before people take us serious in preseason polls.

We are 7 years removed from being the worst team in CFB (whether we beat UConn or not, we were the worst team in CFB in 2014)

[HubbaHubba]

And less votes than 5 of our conference mates…

I think it may be 9 if you count our future conference mates after the B12 finishes it's collapse.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

No votes in the AP poll.

Cincinnati #8, Houston and Central Florida receiving votes.

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

[DC-Pony]

Yeah the AP poll has forever felt comprised by voters that barely watch the games.

Of course I’m partial and highly informed about SMU football, but Houston getting votes in the AP over us just seems uninformed. Sure they have most of their starters coming back…from a team that went 3-5 last year.

But no one ever received a bowl invite or glory from preseason rankings.

[EastStang]

And we got more votes than Arkansas.

[PonyTime]

Based on the list of voters, suspect that the coaches from La Tech, UCF, Tulsa and Tulane may have all voted for us. (I am assuming that Sonny can't vote for his own team). We all know Gary P didn't vote for us because he is done helping us out. Would think we would have two more votes with Cincy and UNT - but am sure they will be on board once we pile drive Abilene Christian...

FYI - List of coaches who vote:

The USA TODAY Sports AFCA Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2021 season: Tom Allen, Indiana; Blake Anderson, Utah State; DinoBabers, Syracuse; Walt Bell, Massachusetts; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; Craig Bohl, Wyoming; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Matt Campbell, Iowa State; Jason Candle, Toledo; Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina; Paul Chryst, Wisconsin; Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Butch Davis, Florida International; Manny Diaz, Miami (Florida); Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Karl Dorrell, Colorado; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, SMU; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jedd Fisch, Arizona; Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern; James Franklin, Penn State; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Danny Gonzales, New Mexico; Todd Graham, Hawaii; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Will Hall, Southern Mississippi; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Bryan Harsin, Auburn; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Brady Hoke, San Diego State; Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Jimmy Lake, Washington; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Sean Lewis, Kent State; Maurice Linguist, Buffalo; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Gus Malzahn, Central Florida; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Doug Martin, New Mexico State; Phillip Montgomery, Tulsa; Dan Mullen, Florida; Billy Napier, Louisiana-Lafayette; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Gary Patterson, TCU; Sam Pittman, Arkansas; NIck Rolovich, Washington State; Nick Saban, Alabama; Steve Sarkisian, Texas; Scott Satterfield, Louisville; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Jake Spavital, Texas State; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Mel Tucker, Michigan State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah.