2004 SBC Opponents in
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1. USC (44 first-place votes)
2. Oklahoma (12 first-place votes)
3. LSU (5 first-place votes)
4. Georgia
5. Miami
6. Florida State
7. Michigan
8. Texas
9. Ohio State
10. Florida
11. West Virginia
12. Iowa
13. Kansas State
14. Tennessee
15. California
16. Clemson
17. Missouri
18. Auburn
19. Virginia
20. Maryland
21. Utah
22. Wisconsin
23. Minnesota
23. Purdue
25. Oregon
Others receiving votes:
Nebraska (10-3) 151
Oregon State (8-5) 101
Boise State (13-1) 99
Washington State (10-3) 86
North Carolina State (8-5) 84
Louisville (9-4) 78
Virginia Tech (8-5) 62
TCU (11-2) 50
Oklahoma State (8-5) 41
Toledo (8-4) 33
Memphis (9-4) 27
Georgia Tech (7-6) 25
Notre Dame (5-7) 25
Bowling Green (11-3) 22
Brigham Young (4-8) 21
Miami (Ohio) (13-1) 21
Fresno State (9-5) 17
Michigan State (8-5) 16
Pittsburgh (8-5) 14
Marshall (8-4) 13
Alabama (4-9) 12
Arkansas (9-4) 12
Boston College (8-5) 10
Northern Illinois (10-2) 10
San Diego State (6-6) 8
Colorado State (7-6) 7
Mississippi (10-3) 7
UCLA (6-7) 7
Texas Tech (8-5) 6
Hawaii (9-5) 5
Texas A&M (4-8) 5
Southern Mississippi (9-4) 4
Penn State (3-9) 2
Air Force (7-5) 1
Arizona (2-10) 1
Arizona State (5-7) 1
Connecticut (9-3) 1
New Mexico (8-5) 1
Washington (6-6) 1
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 61 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The 2004 board: Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin; Chuck Amato, North Carolina State; Gary Barnett, Colorado; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Phil Bennett, Southern Methodist; Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Jeff Bower, Southern Mississippi; Gregg Brandon, Bowling Green; 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; Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M; Ralph Friedgen, Maryland; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Walt Harris, Pittsburgh; Dan Hawkins, Boise State; Fitz Hill, San Jose State; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Terry Hoeppner, Miami (Ohio); Brady Hoke, Ball State; Lou Holtz, South Carolina; Dirk Koetter, Arizona State; Jim Leavitt, South Florida; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Sonny Lubick, Colorado State; Dan McCarney, Iowa State;
Andy McCollum, Middle Tennessee; Glen Mason, Minnesota; Les Miles, Oklahoma State; Joe Novak, Northern Illinois; Houston Nutt, Arkansas; Tom O'Brien, Boston College; George O'Leary, Central Florida; Joe Paterno, Penn State; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Bob Pruett, Marshall; Mark Richt, Georgia;
Steve Roberts, Arkansas State; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Nick Saban, LSU; John L. Smith, Michigan State; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Mike Stoops, Arizona; Jeff Tedford, California; 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.
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