Names of Participants Who Will Rank Teams Beginning September 27 Announced
Harris Interactive has finalized the recruitment of the panel for the 2009 Harris Interactive College Football Poll(SM) commissioned by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The poll is one of the components of the BCS Standings that will be used to determine the two teams that will play in the BCS National Championship game and those that qualify for selection into the other BCS games.
2009 Harris Interactive College Football Poll Panelists | ||||||
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Aldridge, Denny | Â | Fehlberg, Rondo | Â | Matthews, Loren | Â | Schiller, Harvey |
Anderson, Bob | Â | Frazier, Tommie | Â | Mayes, Derrick | Â | Schmidt, Terry R. |
Bailey, Eric | Â | Gagliardi, Robert | Â | McBride, Charlie | Â | Schneider, Paul |
Bartrum, Mike | Â | Gbaja-Biamila, Akbar | Â | McConnell, Joe | Â | Schroeder, George |
Batten, Sammy | Â | Hines, Clarkston | Â | McGee, Mike | Â | Shea, Terry |
Bestwick, Dick | Â | Housel, David | Â | McIlhenny, Lance | Â | Sherrill, Jackie |
Biddle, Joe | Â | Irvine, Steve | Â | McLellan, Bill | Â | Simpson, Corky |
Bishop, Blaine | Â | Joe, J.J. | Â | Medhurst, Pete | Â | Smigiel, Joe |
Brandt, Gil | Â | Johnson, Scott | Â | Melick, Ray | Â | Stabley, Fred |
Brown, Chip | Â | Kanell, Danny | Â | Millis, Tim | Â | Stephenson, Ron |
Buckner, Brentson | Â | Kearney, Joe | Â | Mizell, Eric | Â | Stevens, Patrick |
Carlin, Chris | Â | Keech, Larry | Â | Morton, Craig | Â | Strock, Don |
Casciola, Bob | Â | Kerkhoff, Blair | Â | Moss, Jack | Â | Thalman, Budd |
Cavagnaro, Charlie | Â | Kern, Mike | Â | Novak, Joe | Â | Thulin, Ron |
Cleary, Michael | Â | Kramer, Roy | Â | Oakes, Jim | Â | Toner, John |
Collins, Tony | Â | Kurtz, Jesse | Â | O'Brien, Denny | Â | Trotman, Charlie |
Corrigan, Gene | Â | Lachey, Jim | Â | Paschall, David | Â | Urick, Max |
Criqui, Don | Â | Lawrence, David | Â | Pearson, Drew | Â | Valdiserri, Roger |
Crowley, Joe | Â | Leach, Bobby | Â | Perles, George | Â | Van Note, Jeff |
Curci, Fran | Â | Lessig, James | Â | Pinkett, Allen | Â | Vardell, Tommy |
Dawkins, Pete | Â | Lubick, Sonny | Â | Ponti, Gene | Â | Vruggink, Jim |
Del Greco, Al | Â | Lucas, Mike | Â | Prater, Mike | Â | Wagner, Bob |
Dickson, Darnell | Â | Lude, Mike | Â | Preece, Steve | Â | Walden, Jim |
Dienhart, Mark | Â | Luicci, Tom | Â | Richter, Pat | Â | Wiegert, Zach |
Dombrowski, Jim | Â | Luis, Cindy | Â | Robinson, Earle | Â | White, Jack |
Dorsey, John | Â | Mallory, John | Â | Roda, Kenny | Â | Wine, George |
Dunlevy, Bob | Â | Mandich, Jim | Â | Sanders, Gary | Â | Yoshida, Hugh |
Ealey, Chuck | Â | Mason, Glen | Â |
The 2009 Harris Interactive College Football Poll is comprised of 114 panelists and includes former coaches, players, administrators and current and former media. Panelists are randomly drawn by Harris Interactive from among more than 300 nominations supplied by the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conferences and independent institutions. The panel meets Harris Interactive criteria for sample design and is a statistically reliable representation of all 11 conferences and independent institutions.
The poll participants’ names will be available at www.harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll and the Harris Interactive College Football Poll rankings will be released and posted each week to the Harris Interactive website beginning on September 27. As in previous seasons, only the final season rankings for each individual participant will be released on BCS Selection Sunday, which will be December 6 this year.
The Harris Interactive College Football Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll each comprise one-third of the BCS Standings. The other one-third is an average of six computer rankings (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, the Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe). The first BCS Standings will be released on October 18.
About the Bowl Championship Series
The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and institutions. Its purpose is to match the two top-ranked teams in the final BCS standings in a national championship game and to create competitive match-ups in the four other BCS bowl games. For more information, visit www.bcsfootball.org.
About Harris Interactive
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