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Poll Mania

Posted: Friday September 30, 2005 12:21PM; Updated: Friday September 30, 2005 2:40PM
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The BCS placed Oklahoma in the national championship game last year, and we all know how well that turned out.
The BCS placed Oklahoma in the national championship game last year, and we all know how well that turned out.
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By Maggie Haskins

Frankly, we here at SI on Campus think there aren't enough college football polls out there. So we decided to conduct an entirely non-scientific poll of our own. We asked some of greatest football minds of our generation to help us sort out the Harris/AP/Coaches/Master Coaches/Blog Poll. By greatest minds we mean bloggers. So here's a loving shout out to Every Day Should be Saturday, Tiger Smack, Georgia Sports Blog, Fan Blogs, and All Things Longhorn. We salute you college football bloggers, for without you we would have to fine another way to procrastinate. Here are their answers.

What poll do you rely on most?

Fan Blogs: For me, I've traditionally followed the AP poll for fun, and the Sagarin computer poll for a little more detailed analysis. I've found that the bloggers are generally pretty accurate as well, whether it is the Fanblogs XIV poll or the Blog Poll. Truth be told, it's really hard to give much credence to any poll before the fifth week. Preseason polls are a joke. Now that the Master's Coaches Survey is out, I think people are going to give it heavy consideration. It's hard to argue with 2,900 plus wins and five national titles.

Horns Blog: The AP poll because the Coaches poll is ridiculous. Coaches have motivations to vote for teams that will make their own team look better, and they hardly have enough time to keep tabs on the whole nation. But even last year's AP Poll was silly. As controversies between Oklahoma-Auburn and Texas-Cal raged, it became increasingly clear that even many football writers were barely paying attention. Nowadays, we rely most heavily on our own ballot. We know who we like. Not if the BCS would just let US vote...

Tiger Smack: It's fairly common knowledge that many coaches' ballots are completed by other parties, because coaches don't have the time or information to cast an informed vote. Let's take this nonsensical Coaches Poll out of the equation and replace it with votes from objective people who know what the hell they're talking about: the Guys who Call In To Sports Radio Talk shows Poll.

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