Louisville Not In Pre-Season Coaches Top 25 Poll

Mark BlankenbakerAugust 2, 2018

The USAToday Coaches Poll was released Thursday and the University of Louisville Football team was not in the initial poll for the 2018 season. The Cards did receive 3 votes in the poll. Several of UofL’s opponents DID make the Top 25…. most notably Alabama & Clemson at #1 & #2 respectively. Florida State also came in at #19 while conference mates that UofL will not face in 2018 also made the poll: Miami #8, Notre Dame #11, and Virginia Tech #17.

Previous UofL Pre-Season Coaching Poll Starts & Finishes

USAToday Coaches Poll	Start Season	End Season
2017	#17	NR
2016	#19	#21
2015	NR	NR
2014	NR	#24
2013	#9	#15
2012	NR	#13
2011	NR	NR
2010	NR	NR
2009	NR	NR
2008	NR	NR
2007	#10	NR
2006	#13	#6
2005	#12	#19
2004	NR	#6
2003	NR	NR
2002	#17	NR
2001	NR	#16
2000	NR	NR

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK Pre-Season

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	1ST PLACE VOTES	PREV	CHANGE	HI/LOW
1	Alabama	13-1	1621	61	NR	–	1/1
2	Clemson	12-2	1547	3	NR	–	2/2
3	Ohio State	12-2	1458	1	NR	–	3/3
4	Georgia	13-2	1452	0	NR	–	4/4
5	Oklahoma	12-2	1288	0	NR	–	5/5
6	Washington	10-3	1245	0	NR	–	6/6
7	Wisconsin	13-1	1243	0	NR	–	7/7
8	Miami	10-3	1091	0	NR	–	8/8
9	Penn State	11-2	1050	0	NR	–	9/9
10	Auburn	10-4	1004	0	NR	–	10/10
11	Notre Dame	10-3	892	0	NR	–	11/11
12	Michigan State	10-3	870	0	NR	–	12/12
13	Stanford	9-5	768	0	NR	–	13/13
14	Michigan	8-5	752	0	NR	–	14/14
15	Southern California	11-3	691	0	NR	–	15/15
16	Texas Christian	11-3	530	0	NR	–	16/16
17	Virginia Tech	9-4	524	0	NR	–	17/17
18	Mississippi State	9-4	407	0	NR	–	18/18
19	Florida State	7-6	328	0	NR	–	19/19
20	West Virginia	7-6	310	0	NR	–	20/20
21	Texas	7-6	265	0	NR	–	21/21
22	Boise State	11-3	261	0	NR	–	22/22
23	Central Florida	13-0	259	0	NR	–	23/23
24	Louisiana State	9-4	254	0	NR	–	24/24
25	Oklahoma State	10-3	168	0	NR	–	25/25

Others Receiving Votes

South Carolina 138; Florida 135; Oregon 105; Utah 81; Texas A&M 67; Northwestern 67; Kansas State 35; Florida Atlantic 27; Boston College 23; Memphis 23; NC State 22; Troy 19; Arkansas State 19; Appalachian State 16; San Diego State 15; Kentucky 8; Iowa 8; Iowa State 8; Washington State 7; South Florida 6; Duke 5; Fresno State 4; Louisville 3; Houston 2; Arizona 2; Northern Illinois 1; Army 1.

List of Voters

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2018 season: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State; Major Applewhite, Houston; Dino Babers, Syracuse; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; John Bonamego, Central Michigan; Terry Bowden, Akron; Jeff Brohm, Purdue; Neal Brown, Troy; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Geoff Collins, Temple; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Bob Davie, New Mexico; Butch Davis, Florida International; Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; DJ Durkin, Maryland; Herm Edwards, Arizona State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&amp;M; P.J. Fleck, Minnesota; James Franklin, Penn State; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Turner Gill, Liberty; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Boise State; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tom Herman, Texas; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Mike Jinks, Bowling Green; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Brad Lambert, Charlotte; Mike Leach, Washington State; Lance Leipold, Buffalo; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Doug Martin, New Mexico State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Jay Norvell, Nevada; Barry Odom, Missouri; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Chris Petersen, Washington; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Charlie Strong, South Florida; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, Fresno State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Everett Withers, Texas State.