USC coach Lane Kiffin said Tuesday that he "would not vote USC No. 1" in the coaches' poll, but he actually did, USA Today revealed Thursday night. Citing Kiffin's providing of "false or misleading information" to the public and a desire to "set the record straight to protect the poll's integrity," the newspaper released Kiffin's top-voted team in the USA Today Coaches' Poll. Votes are normally kept confidential until the final poll of each year. Asked after his Trojans' Tuesday practice to reveal the team he voted to be No. 1 in the country, Kiffin said he could not disclose that information. But when told of Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez's comment that he voted the Trojans first, Kiffin laughed. "I would not vote USC No. 1, I can tell you that much," Kiffin said. He expressed similar sentiments at Pac-12 media day last month before the Trojans added Penn State running back Silas Redd to their roster. "I don't know how you vote a team No. 1 that has less players than everybody else, so I don't but I'm sure I think I know our issues more than other people do, especially at running back," Kiffin said. Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association which co-directs the poll with the newspaper, told USA Today he sent Kiffin a letter about his issue with the comments. USC senior associate athletic director of media relations Tim Tessalone said Kiffin had not received a letter or a phone call from Teaff as of late Thursday night. Read more: http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/...in-votes-usc-trojans-no-1-coaches-poll-saying
