USA Today Coaches Poll

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The USA Today Coaches Poll is a weekly college football ranking determined by a panel of NCAA Division I FBS head coaches and used as a key component in evaluating top teams nationally.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Coaches Poll	9
USA Today Coaches Poll canonical	2
UPI Coaches Poll	1
USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll	1
USA Today/CNN Coaches Poll	1

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Target entity: USA Today Coaches Poll
Context triple: [BCS, humanPoll, USA Today Coaches Poll]

A. Rivals.com
Rivals.com is a prominent college sports and recruiting website best known for its comprehensive coverage and rankings of high school athletes, particularly in American football and basketball.
B. NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET)
The NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is the primary ranking and assessment system used to evaluate and seed Division I men’s college basketball teams for the NCAA Tournament.
C. Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
The Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year is an annual honor recognizing the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League as determined by Sporting News.
D. Selection Sunday
Selection Sunday is the annual event when the NCAA reveals and seeds the teams chosen to compete in the Division I men’s basketball tournament, commonly known as the Big Dance.
E. Pollster.com
Pollster.com is a political polling aggregation and analysis website co-founded by Charles Franklin that compiles and visualizes public opinion data, particularly around elections.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: USA Today Coaches Poll
Target entity description: The USA Today Coaches Poll is a weekly college football ranking determined by a panel of NCAA Division I FBS head coaches and used as a key component in evaluating top teams nationally.

A. Rivals.com
Rivals.com is a prominent college sports and recruiting website best known for its comprehensive coverage and rankings of high school athletes, particularly in American football and basketball.
B. NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET)
The NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is the primary ranking and assessment system used to evaluate and seed Division I men’s college basketball teams for the NCAA Tournament.
C. Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
The Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year is an annual honor recognizing the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League as determined by Sporting News.
D. Selection Sunday
Selection Sunday is the annual event when the NCAA reveals and seeds the teams chosen to compete in the Division I men’s basketball tournament, commonly known as the Big Dance.
E. Pollster.com
Pollster.com is a political polling aggregation and analysis website co-founded by Charles Franklin that compiles and visualizes public opinion data, particularly around elections.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college football ranking poll ⓘ sports ranking ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Coaches Poll ⓘ linked to: USA Today Coaches Poll USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll ⓘ linked to: USA Today Coaches Poll
ballotFormat	ranked list of 25 teams ⓘ
competitionLevel	NCAA Division I FBS ⓘ linked to: Football Bowl Subdivision
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataType	ordinal ranking ⓘ
endTime	after completion of bowl games or postseason ⓘ
frequency	weekly ⓘ
geographicFocus	United States college football programs ⓘ
governingBodyPartner	American Football Coaches Association ⓘ
hasRankingType	human poll ⓘ
influencedBy	game results ⓘ margin of victory ⓘ previous rankings ⓘ strength of schedule ⓘ team injuries ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	newspaper ⓘ website ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the major weekly college football polls in the United States ⓘ
numberOfVoters	65 ⓘ
organizer	American Football Coaches Association ⓘ USA Today ⓘ
panelComposition	NCAA Division I FBS head coaches ⓘ linked to: NCAA coaches
predecessor	UPI Coaches Poll ⓘ linked to: USA Today Coaches Poll
publisher	USA Today ⓘ
rankingPositions	Top 25 teams ⓘ
rankingScope	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision teams ⓘ linked to: Football Bowl Subdivision national ⓘ
relatedTo	Associated Press Poll ⓘ College Football Playoff rankings ⓘ linked to: College Football Playoff Selection Committee NCAA Division I FBS ⓘ linked to: Football Bowl Subdivision
resultAggregationMethod	points-based system from coaches’ ballots ⓘ
seasonCoverage	postseason ⓘ preseason ⓘ regular season ⓘ
selectionMethod	ballots submitted by participating head coaches ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
startTime	preseason of each college football season ⓘ
startYear	1991 ⓘ
subject	college football ⓘ
topic	college football rankings ⓘ
usedFor	evaluating top college football teams nationally ⓘ historical comparison of college football team performance ⓘ media coverage of college football rankings ⓘ
voters	head coaches ⓘ
website	https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/polls ⓘ

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