Coaches Poll

Current Coaches Polls
FBS football2024 season
FCS football2024 season
Div I men's basketball2023–24 season
Div I women's basketball2023–24 season
Div I baseball2024 season

The Coaches Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football, Division I college basketball, and Division I college baseball teams. The football version of the poll has been known officially as the US LBM Coaches Poll since 2023.

The football rankings are compiled by the US LBM Board of Coaches which is made up of 62 head coaches at Division I FBS institutions.[1] All coaches are members of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). The basketball rankings are compiled by the USA Today Sports Board of Coaches which is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions.[2] All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). The baseball rankings are compiled by the USA Today Sports Board of Coaches which is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).

The football Coaches Poll was an element of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings, a voting system used from 1998 to 2013 to determine the teams to play in the BCS National Championship Game.

  1. ^ "Amway Top 25 Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball Coaches Poll". USA Today Sports. Retrieved 2015-06-01.