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As it stands now coaches that have a vote in the coaches poll are required by the AFCA as part of an agreement to be included in the BCS standings to vote for the BCS champion as their number one team in the final poll. After that anything goes. Now, at least two coaches have come out and said that if there is any way possible they are going to break rank and vote for a team not playing in the BCS championship.

Mack Brown will vote 'Horns No. 1

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	Texas coach Mack Brown said the Longhorns deserve to be in the split national championship discussion after Monday's 24-21 win over Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. "Yes," Brown said. "I wasn't sure before, but Friday morning I'm going to vote Texas No. 1 because I think this is the best team in the country." Brown voted the Longhorns No. 2 behind Florida in the final regular season USA Today coaches' poll.

Kyle Whittingham will give Utah a first-place vote

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	Utah thinks it should be national champion. In fact, coach Kyle Whittingham said he would vote the Utes No. 1 Thursday night in the final USA TODAY coaches top 25. Should he vote his team No. 1, it will be tabulated. But it would go against the policy set by the American Football Coaches Association, whose members vote in the poll, of naming the winner of the BCS title game the national champ. "Anytime a coach is 13-0, he certainly has strong feelings and should have," AFCA executive director Grant Teaff said Sunday. "But that's not what the system is and what we agreed to. . . . This poll is not, since 1998, to select the national champion. The winner of the game is the winner of the (BCS) trophy. Which means the coaches do not vote for No. 1, they vote for No. 2 down." Teaff said he would send a reminder about the policy to the 61 voters this week.