College football coaches across the country were impressed by BYU’s 2024 season.
The Cougars came in at No. 14 in the final USA Today Coaches Poll of the season, after being ranked No. 13 in the last AP top 25 poll.
USA Today has released its ballots for the Coaches Poll, showing exactly how each coach used his final vote.

Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham had BYU ranked the highest of any of the 53 coaches. He listed Kalani Sitake’s squad at No. 8.
Both Troy Calhoun of Air Force and Mike Houston of East Carolina were the least convinced by the Cougars. Each ranked BYU at No. 22.
Here is a breakdown of how many of the 53 polled coaches voted in favor of the Cougars.

Big 12 coaches
Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State: 8
Joey McGuire, Texas Tech: 9
Lance Leipold, Kansas: 11
Chris Klieman, Kansas State: 11
Neal Brown, West Virginia: 14
Willie Fritz, Houston: 14
Gus Malzahn, UCF: 17

College Football Playoff coaches
James Franklin, Penn State: 12
Rhett Lashlee, SMU: 13
Spencer Danielson, Boise State: 13
Ryan Day, Ohio State: 15
Dan Lanning, Oregon: 15
Kirby Smart, Georgia: 17
Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame: 18

Power 4 coaches
Kalen DeBoer, Alabama: 13
Brent Key, Georgia Tech: 14
Clark Lea, Vanderbilt: 14
Jedd Fisch, Washington: 14
Mark Stoops, Kentucky: 14
Fran Brown, Syracuse: 14
Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri: 14
Mike Locksley, Maryland: 15
Pat Narduzzi, Pitt: 16
David Braun, Northwestern: 16
Brent Pry, Virginia Tech: 16
Tony Elliott, Virginia: 17
Mike Elko, Texas A&M: 18
Jeff Brohm, Louisville: 19

Other notable coaches
Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico/Utah State: 10
Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State: 13
Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina: 14
Barry Odom, UNLV/Purdue: 14
Jamey Chadwell, Liberty: 16
Sean Lewis, San Diego State: 18
Troy Calhoun, Air Force: 22
Mike Houston, East Carolina: 22