Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun is one of the voters in the USA Today coaches poll and he has shared his recent ballot with the Colorado Springs Gazette. At the top of his ballot it is pretty consistent with USA Today's Coaches Poll, however the bottom of his ballot is a bit different from the rest of the poll. However at the bottom of the poll there are numerous teams that could be placed within the bottom five -- or even 10 -- of any voters poll.
The big surprise is that he has the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at No. 19, which gives them seven points. The Irish earned 13 points overall in the poll, so Calhoun has them rated the highest out of any coach in the poll. It could be that he is overvaluing Notre Dame since that is who Air Force faces next week. This could make a potential win seem better by having Notre Dame ranked in his poll.
Outside of the Notre Dame selection, only Nebraska and Auburn are ranked differently when compared to the rest of the coaches poll. Calhoun has Nebraska much lower and Auburn much higher.
Here is Calhoun's top-25:
1 Alabama
2 Oklahoma
3 LSU
4 Boise State
5 Wisconsin
6 Stanford
7 Clemson
8 Oklahoma State
9 Oregon
10 Michigan
11 Florida
12 Arkansas
13 Virginia Tech
14 Auburn
15 South Carolina
16 Georgia Tech
17 Illinois
18 Texas
19 Notre Dame
20 Michigan State
21 Kansas State
22 Nebraska
23 West Virginia
24 Florida State
25 Arizona State