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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coaches Poll | 3 |
| UPI Coaches Poll | 1 |
| USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll | 1 |
| USA Today Coaches Poll canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2682434 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: USA Today Coaches Poll Context triple: [BCS, humanPoll, USA Today Coaches Poll]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
USA Today Coaches Poll
ⓘ
surface form:
Coaches Poll
USA Today Coaches Poll ⓘ
surface form:
USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll
|
| ballotFormat | ranked list of 25 teams ⓘ |
| competitionLevel |
Football Bowl Subdivision
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I FBS
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| 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 coaches
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I FBS head coaches
|
| predecessor |
USA Today Coaches Poll
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
UPI Coaches Poll
|
| publisher | USA Today ⓘ |
| rankingPositions | Top 25 teams ⓘ |
| rankingScope |
Football Bowl Subdivision
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision teams
national ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Associated Press Poll
ⓘ
College Football Playoff Selection Committee ⓘ
surface form:
College Football Playoff rankings
Football Bowl Subdivision ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I FBS
|
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: USA Today Coaches Poll Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Coaches Poll
this entity surface form:
USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll
this entity surface form:
Coaches Poll
this entity surface form:
UPI Coaches Poll
this entity surface form:
Coaches Poll