Desertbuckfan
Sophmore
I don't know what the point of the BCS is with the A.P. out of it we'll have split national champs again. The boston globe is reporting that the A.P. is pulling out of the BCS next year.
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<!start_tag>#Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll#The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, with number of first-place votes and record in parentheses, totalpoints and previous ranking:(Records through December 4, 2004) TEAM PTS PVS ---- --- --- 1. USC (44) (12-0) 1,599 1 2. OKLAHOMA (14) (12-0) 1,556 2 3. AUBURN (7) (12-0) 1,525 3 4. CALIFORNIA (10-1) 1,399 4 5. UTAH (11-0) 1,345 5 6. TEXAS (10-1) 1,337 6 7. LOUISVILLE (10-1) 1,183 7 8. GEORGIA (9-2) 1,117 8 9. VIRGINIA TECH (10-2) 1,111 1010. BOISE ST (11-0) 960 1111. IOWA (9-2) 948 1212. LSU (9-2) 929 1313. MICHIGAN (9-2) 917 1414. MIAMI FLA (8-3) 776 915. TENNESSEE (9-3) 651 1516. WISCONSIN (9-2) 648 1717. FLORIDA ST (8-3) 647 1618. VIRGINIA (8-3) 482 1819. PITTSBURGH (8-3) 415 1920. FLORIDA (7-4) 325 2021. ARIZONA ST (8-3) 222 2122. TEXAS A&M (7-4) 213 2223. TEXAS TECH (7-4) 168 2424. OHIO ST (7-4) 155 2525. BOSTON COLLEGE (8-3) 150 23Dropped Out: Others Receiving Votes: WEST VIRGINIA 97, TOLEDO 86, PURDUE 49, NAVY 28, MEMPHIS 26, FRESNO ST 24, OKLAHOMA ST 16, TEXASEL PASO 6, SYRACUSE 5, NORTHERN ILL 4, BOWLING GREEN 3, NEW MEXICO 3.<!end_tag></PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
ESPN.com news services
<!-- template inline --><!-- insertinlineAd -->Apparent concern over the Bowl Championship Series process had led The Associated Press to pull its football poll from the BCS system used to select the national title game and the three other BCS bowls, The Boston Globe is reporting.
BCS coordinator Kevin Weiberg, the commissioner of the Big 12, told The Globe he has received a letter from AP indicating it wasn't comfortable being part of the process.
The move would take place starting next season. The BCS is expected to make a statement later Tuesday.
The eight teams selected for the four major bowls -- Orange, Rose, Sugar, and Fiesta -- are picked by the BCS, which uses a combination of the AP poll (voted on by writers and broadcasters), the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll, and several computer rankings. Each segment receives a one-third weighting in picking the teams.
In the wake of Texas leapfrogging Cal for a BCS bowl bid, the Charlotte Observer announced it no longer will vote in The AP poll.
college sports writers everywhere in a singluar voice replied, "spoken like a true fan of the crimson and gray!"BuckeyeBill73 said:I might feel a little different about it if most of those whining AP writers actually knew much about college football.
GoofyBuckeye said:I've always felt the AP poll was a more accurate depiction of college football than the coaches poll. I think the coaches poll is a bunch of crap that should have never been created after the UPI...
that makes sense but I don't think there is anyone more bias than the coaches, themselves.MililaniBuckeye said:I would take the word of a bunch of D I-A coaches over the hyped bias of a bunch of media chimps as to how to rack and stack teams...