 The official name is the American Football Coaches Association National Championship Trophy; it was given this permanent name by the association in 2006.In 2009, the AFCA allowed universities to buy replica trophies for any year a school finished first in the Coaches' Poll prior to the trophy's creation in 1986.Through the 1973 season, the final Coaches' Poll was released in early December, after the regular season, but before postseason bowl games.