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Reason Mack Didn't Vote Texas #1

by Char610 on Jan 10, 2009 11:05 PM EST on Burnt Orange Nation

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Texas spokesman John Bianco said Brown understood that his vote would be discarded by the American Football Coaches Association if he didn't vote for the winner of the national title game. ... Afraid that his vote wouldn't count and then hurt his team, Brown voted Florida No. 1. But in the final voting, Utah received a first-place vote from its coach Kyle Whittingham.

AFCA spokesman Todd Bell said Brown could have voted the Longhorns No. 1. He cited the precedent of three voters selecting Southern California in the final poll after the 2003 season, even though LSU won the national championship game.

So it turns out Mack could have voted us #1. In fact it would have moved us to #2 in the final coaches poll past USC.

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Final AP Poll (Texas #4)

by Char610 on Jan 9, 2009 3:02 AM EST on Burnt Orange Nation

1.	Florida (48)	13-1	1,606	1
2.	Utah (16)	13-0	1,519	7
3.	Southern Cal (1)	12-1	1,481	5
4.	Texas	12-1	1,478	3
5.	Oklahoma	12-2	1,391	2
6.	Alabama	12-2	1,264	4
7.	TCU	11-2	1,193	11
8.	Penn St.	11-2	1,153	6
9.	Ohio St.	10-3	1,013	10
10.	Oregon	10-3	997	15
11.	Boise St.	12-1	938	9
12.	Texas Tech	11-2	916	8
13.	Georgia	10-3	903	16
14.	Mississippi	9-4	857	20
15.	Virginia Tech	10-4	713	21
16.	Oklahoma St.	9-4	534	13
17.	Cincinnati	11-3	506	12
18.	Oregon St.	9-4	467	24
19.	Missouri	10-4	435	25
20.	Iowa	9-4	317	—
21.	Florida St.	9-4	246	—
22.	Georgia Tech	9-4	223	14
23.	West Virginia	9-4	144	—
24.	Michigan St.	9-4	138	19
25.	BYU	10-3	137	17

Others receiving votes: California 128, Pittsburgh 106, LSU 95, Nebraska 64, Tulsa 61, Northwestern 53, Ball St. 13, Boston College 11, Rutgers 11, Rice 8, Arizona 4, Kansas 2.