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It reads Jan 4, 2005.

Jan. 4, 2004

Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Record	Points	Last week
1.	Southern California (61)	13-0	1,525	1
2.	Auburn	13-0	1,460	3
3.	Oklahoma	12-1	1,366	2
4.	Texas	11-1	1,324	5
5.	Utah	12-0	1,300	6
6.	Georgia	10-2	1,191	7
7.	Louisville	11-1	1,166	8
8.	Iowa	10-2	1,022	13
9.	California	10-2	937	4
10.	Virginia Tech	10-3	906	9
11.	Miami (Fla.)	9-3	903	14
12.	Michigan	9-3	802	12
13.	Boise State	11-1	792	10
14.	Florida State	9-3	776	15
15.	Tennessee	10-3	771	17
16.	LSU	9-3	693	11
17.	Texas Tech	8-4	478	21
18.	Wisconsin	9-3	449	16
19.	Ohio State	8-4	430	22
20.	Arizona State	9-3	377	24
21.	Boston College	9-3	245	NR
22.	Fresno State	9-3	206	NR
23.	Virginia	8-4	157	18
24.	Navy	10-2	129	NR
25.	Florida	7-5	101	19

Dropped out
No. 20 Pittsburgh (8-4), No. 23 West Virginia (8-4), No. 25 Texas A&M (7-5).
Also receiving votes
West Virginia 96; Bowling Green 57; Pittsburgh 45; Northern Illinois 40; Texas A&M 16; Colorado 15; Minnesota 13; Oregon State 11; Iowa State 7; Purdue 5; Connecticut 4; Georgia Tech 3; Texas-El Paso 2; Toledo 2; Wyoming 2; Hawaii 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. This season’s 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 coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation.