The Gophers got an assist by playing on Thursday. It gave them the chance to actually be seen by the voters, most of whom are too busy with their own games, including prep and aftermath, on Saturday to actually see nearly all of the other games. It must also be said that while many coaches officially have ballots, they often hand them off on an unofficial basis to someone else (SID, AD, assistant, student intern, their kids).
Anyway, I haven't been able to find a breakdown of how the coaches voted, but here is a list of who gets a ballot. Make your own assumptions from here.
Blake Anderson, Arkansas State
Dino Babers, Bowling Green
David Bailiff, Rice
Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
Todd Berry, Louisiana-Monroe
Bret Bielema, Arkansas
Larry Blakeney, Troy
Bill Blankenship, Tulsa
Craig Bohl, Wyoming
Terry Bowden, Akron
Art Briles, Baylor
Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Matt Campbell, Toledo
Rod Carey, Northern Illinois
Norm Chow, Hawaii
Larry Coker, Texas-San Antonio
David Cutcliffe, Duke
Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State
Bob Diaco, Connecticut
Larry Fedora, North Carolina
Jimbo Fisher, Florida State
Dennis Franchione, Texas State
Justin Fuente, Memphis
Al Golden, Miami (Fla.)
Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
Bobby Hauck, UNLV
Brady Hoke, Michigan
Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech
Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
Jerry Kill, Minnesota
Mike Leach, Washington State
Rocky Long, San Diego State
Mike MacIntyre, Colorado
Dan McCarney, North Texas
Bronco Mendenhall, Brigham Young
Urban Meyer, Ohio State
Les Miles, LSU
Todd Monken, Southern Mississippi
Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
George O'Leary, Central Florida
Gary Patterson, TCU
Bo Pelini, Nebraska
Chris Petersen, Washington
Gary Pinkel, Missouri
Jeff Quinn, Buffalo
Matt Rhule, Temple
Mark Richt, Georgia
Mike Riley, Oregon State
Rich Rodriguez, Arizona
Nick Saban, Alabama
Steve Sarkisian, USC
Frank Solich, Ohio
Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
Charlie Strong, Texas
Kevin Sumlin, Texas A& M
Dabo Swinney, Clemson
Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati
Ron Turner, Florida International
Kevin Wilson, Indiana
