Kesler received 105 of 125 first-place ballots, while also earning 14 second-place, 5 third-place and 2 fourth-place ballots.

Florida State won the CNN/USA Today poll of coaches by 29 points, winning 58 percent of the first-place ballots.

White finished with 319 first-place ballots, the most of any candidate, and 1,481 total points.

Fitzgerald had 253 first-place ballots and 1,353 points.

He finished as first runner-up to Forsberg, receiving five first-place ballots out of 62 compared to Forsberg's 38.

Second runner-up Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils had 14 first-place ballots, but less voting points overall than Näslund.

In that poll, Colorado had 39 first-place ballots, Alabama had 4, Miami had 3, Michigan had 2 and sixth-place Florida State had 1.

Each team received 30 1/2 first-place ballots, while Alabama, which won at Tulane, also received the other first-place vote.

Harrington, who finished fourth with 364 points and was on 54 first-place ballots, dismissed the notion that West Coast candidates were handicapped in the voting.

Dorsey, who finished third with 638 points and was selected on 109 first-place ballots, agreed that Nebraska's loss to Colorado should not have cost Crouch the trophy.