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The Final USA Today Coaches Poll, one third of the BCS formula, has been released. Since the Big East finished with a three way tie for first place, the final tiebreaker is the BCS rankings and that means the coaches poll will play a large factor. After this weekend's action, Cincinnati actually made up ground on West Virginia in the minds of voters, but not enough to have a chance to pass them in the BCS rankings. West Virginia is ranked #22 while the Bearcats are ranked #24. The two are separated by 184 total votes. No other Big East teams were ranked. You can view the full poll below and as well as the AP Poll, which, while not a part of the BCS formula also reflects public opinion of having West Virginia ranked ahead of Cincinnati. You can view both polls below the break.
Later today we'll post bowl destinations for all five teams that are eligible.
USA Today Coaches Poll
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Rank
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Team (first-place votes) |
Record
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Points
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Last week's poll
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1.
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LSU (59)
|
13-0
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1,475
|
1
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2.
|
11-1
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1,399
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2
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3.
|
11-1
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1,367
|
5
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4.
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Stanford |
11-1
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1,286
|
4
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5.
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Oregon |
11-2
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1,232
|
7
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6.
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11-1
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1,128
|
8
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7.
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Arkansas |
10-2
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1,112
|
10
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8.
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11-2
|
1,085
|
12
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9.
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South Carolina |
10-2
|
971
|
13
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10.
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Kansas State |
10-2
|
878
|
15
|
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11.
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Virginia Tech |
11-2
|
835
|
3
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12.
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10-2
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789
|
16
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13.
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10-3
|
735
|
9
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14.
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Clemson |
10-3
|
657
|
21
|
|
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15.
|
10-2
|
631
|
17
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16.
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Baylor |
9-3
|
599
|
18
|
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17.
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Houston |
12-1
|
542
|
6
|
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18.
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Georgia |
10-3
|
538
|
14
|
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19.
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Oklahoma |
9-3
|
437
|
11
|
|
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20.
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Nebraska |
9-3
|
402
|
19
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21.
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Southern Mississippi |
11-2
|
366
|
23
|
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22.
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West Virginia |
9-3
|
278
|
20
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23.
|
9-3
|
189
|
22
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24.
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Cincinnati |
9-3
|
94
|
25
|
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25.
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Florida State |
8-4
|
68
|
24
|
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| Dropped out | |||||
| None. | |||||
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| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Brigham Young (9-3) 20; Northern Illinois (10-3) 14; Missouri (7-5) 11; Georgia Tech (8-4) 10; Arkansas State (10-2) 9; Notre Dame (8-4) 9; Virginia (8-4) 5; Louisiana Tech (8-4) 2; Rutgers (8-4) 1; Texas (7-5) 1. | |||||
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Associated Press Poll
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