Didn't this whole BCS stuff start so that we'd have one National Champion? It
looks like we're back to square one in college football with multiple national
champions and politics. AP obviously got the message once everyone started
referring to USC as back to back National Champs. Why would they need the BCS
champ when they can have their own? Maybe a little competition might actually
bring a playoff.

I'm certainly glad that after testing multiple computers and rankings that
they've finally decided to use the Harris Interactive College Football Poll as
33% of the formula. Without that venerable institution, it would make the BCS
rankings a joke.

The BCS is dying and the major players, ESPN and AP, are pulling out. A playoff
is coming

John Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: sakivy
To: collegebcs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:36 PM
Subject: [collegebcs] BCS unveils new poll,will start on Sept. 25


BCS unveils new poll
Harris Poll to replace AP; will start on Sept. 25
Posted: Monday July 11, 2005 3:37PM; Updated: Monday July 11, 2005
3:37PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Bowl Championship Series has a new poll, one
that begins a month into the college football season and will
include former coaches and players, plus media members.

Called the Harris Interactive College Football Poll, it will rank
the top 25 teams on a weekly basis, starting Sept. 25, the BCS said
Monday. Plans call for 114 voters.

The BCS has said it wanted to eliminate preseason polls, which some
believe give highly touted teams an unfair headstart in the rankings.

The new poll replaces The Associated Press poll, which the BCS had
used in its formula for ranking teams since 1998. Last season,
however, the AP told the BCS it could no longer use its media poll.

In addition to the new poll, the BCS will continue to use the USA
Today coaches' poll and a compilation of six computer rankings --
each counting for one-third of a team's grade.

Recently, ESPN pulled out of participating in the coaches poll.

The AP preseason poll will be released Aug. 20, with the first
regular-season poll Sept. 6. The AP national champion will be
crowned after the Rose Bowl on Jan. 4. The coaches will also compile
a preseason ballot.

Last season, Southern California and Oklahoma held the top two spots
in both the AP and coaches' polls in the preseason and kept those
positions throughout undefeated regular seasons.

Auburn, which began the season ranked in the teens in the polls,
went unbeaten but never could pass the Trojans and Sooners. The
Tigers did manage to tie Oklahoma in the AP poll for one week late
in the season.

All three teams finished the regular season unbeaten and USC and
Oklahoma played for the national title in the Orange Bowl. Auburn
went to the Sugar Bowl, finished the season 13-0 and had to settle
for a final ranking of No. 2 behind national champion USC.

Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said the preseason rankings put his
team at a disadvantage because they had too much ground to make up
in the BCS standings before games were even played.

Harris Interactive Inc., a marketing company hired by the BCS last
month to coordinate the new poll, is in the process of compiling a
panel from 300 possible participants. Voters' names will be made
public and the panel will represent all 11 Division I-A conferences
and independent teams.

Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material
may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...s.ap/index.html






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