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05-27-2009, 01:06 PM
The final regular-season ballots in the USA TODAY Coaches' Poll will no longer be made public beginning with the 2010 football season, the American Football Coaches Association announced Wednesday.
The final ballots for the 2009 poll, however, still will be made public.
The AFCA has released coaches' final ballots since 2005 to bring more transparency to the Bowl Championship Series selection process. In prior years, the AFCA kept every ballot confidential. As has been the case throughout the years for the coaches' poll, individual voters will remain free to discuss their own votes.
The USA TODAY poll is one of three components of the formula used to determine the teams that play for the BCS title along with the Harris Interactive Poll and an aggregate of six computer ratings.
The changes to the Coaches' Poll are the result of a three-month review of the poll by Gallup World Poll. Its recommendations were unanimously accepted by the AFCA Board of Trustees at its recent spring meetings in Phoenix and were discussed with USA TODAY and BCS officials.
"It is important that we make the Coaches' Poll the best that it can be," said AFCA executive director Grant Teaff in a news release from the organization, "and putting in place the recommendations coming out of the Gallup study will help ensure that.":rolleyes:
Other changes considered, such as starting the poll later in the season to not disclosing the names of the voters, were not implemented.
One change that will take effect this fall is the elimination of a "bonus voter" by which conferences could earn more voters with a strong performance in the previous season's final poll. Last year there were 61 voters. The Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten each had the most voters with seven.
Bolding for emphasis done by me. :)
This is a bunch of :censored:! How is this going to make the poll better? By allowing specific voters to stuff the ballot box for their conference? Specifically, I mean giving votes or higher votes to teams that don't deserve it just because they are in the same conference as you.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-05-27-coaches-poll-votes_N.htm
The final ballots for the 2009 poll, however, still will be made public.
The AFCA has released coaches' final ballots since 2005 to bring more transparency to the Bowl Championship Series selection process. In prior years, the AFCA kept every ballot confidential. As has been the case throughout the years for the coaches' poll, individual voters will remain free to discuss their own votes.
The USA TODAY poll is one of three components of the formula used to determine the teams that play for the BCS title along with the Harris Interactive Poll and an aggregate of six computer ratings.
The changes to the Coaches' Poll are the result of a three-month review of the poll by Gallup World Poll. Its recommendations were unanimously accepted by the AFCA Board of Trustees at its recent spring meetings in Phoenix and were discussed with USA TODAY and BCS officials.
"It is important that we make the Coaches' Poll the best that it can be," said AFCA executive director Grant Teaff in a news release from the organization, "and putting in place the recommendations coming out of the Gallup study will help ensure that.":rolleyes:
Other changes considered, such as starting the poll later in the season to not disclosing the names of the voters, were not implemented.
One change that will take effect this fall is the elimination of a "bonus voter" by which conferences could earn more voters with a strong performance in the previous season's final poll. Last year there were 61 voters. The Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten each had the most voters with seven.
Bolding for emphasis done by me. :)
This is a bunch of :censored:! How is this going to make the poll better? By allowing specific voters to stuff the ballot box for their conference? Specifically, I mean giving votes or higher votes to teams that don't deserve it just because they are in the same conference as you.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-05-27-coaches-poll-votes_N.htm