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Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:28 pm**

Mustangs Receive Vote In Final USA TODAY Coaches Poll
SMU Finishes 43rd By Coaches' Vote

Jan. 8, 2010

DALLAS (SMU) - The SMU football team received a vote in the final USA TODAY Top-25 Coaches Poll of the season, the news outlet revealed today. SMU, which finished the season at 8-5, entered the list following its 45-10 win over Nevada in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The Mustangs had entered the Bowl Season as the biggest underdog in any Bowl game yet finished with the largest margin of victory in all Bowls played.

The USA TODAY Board of Coaches is made up of 59 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association.

The full poll is available here

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:16 pm**

SMU #62 in an average of 39 ratings.
http://www.mratings.com/cf/compare.htm

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:35 pm**

Wonder who voted for us? Wasn't June or Ault.

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:37 pm**

StangEsq wrote:Wonder who voted for us? Wasn't June or Ault.

maybe it was the next Tech head coach because it wont look as bad if he gets beat by a top 25 SMU team next September?

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2010 9:43 pm**

The ESPN 2010 top 25 has TCU at 7 and Navy at 25. Our nonconference will be a little tougher next year than it was this year, and we lost 3 of 4 last year. Hopefully we can handle WSU (if they stay on the schedule) next year.

Posted: **Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:40 am**

StangEsq wrote:Wonder who voted for us? Wasn't June or Ault.

Does Boise's Peterson have a vote? After seeing what SMU did to Nevada, he could have been the one.

Isn't there a site that reveals how they voted?

Posted: **Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:57 pm**

We want those guys ranked high to help out with our BCS bowl chances. Upset a new coach at TT and beat WSU and TCU at home then watch out. For those of you who are new, I said the same thing last year to the naysayers except for us to overcome heartbreaking losses to WSU and Navy and then beat a good ECU team and overcome the QB at the time getting injured with Padron's performance was way beyond anyone's expectations. Why not SMU! The death penalty demons are gone. Fill Ford Field! Let the good times roll! Nothing but red, white and blue in the stands this year.