Final Harris Interactive College Football Poll(SM) Panelist Named

Final Harris Interactive College Football Poll(SM) Panelist Named

Final Replacement Randomly Selected Has Confirmed Willingness to Rank Top 25 Teams Weekly

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Harris Interactive(R) announces that Bobby Leach has been added to the roster of 114 panelists who will complete weekly top 25 team rankings for the Harris Interactive College Football Poll(SM). Leach replaces Bob Pruett who has withdrawn from the panel due to his ESPN affiliation. Network policy states that those contracted with ESPN are prohibited from participating in the poll.

This 2005 Harris Interactive College Football Poll continues to be comprised of 114 panelists including former coaches, players, administrators and media. In some cases, participants bridge the camps of former players/coaches/administrators and media. This replacement, as with the original panel, was randomly drawn by Harris Interactive from among more than 300 nominations supplied by the conference offices and Notre Dame. This panel meets Harris Interactive criteria for sample design and is a statistically reliable representation of all 11 Division I-A conferences and independent institutions.

The participants of the 2005 Harris Interactive College Football Poll are as follows:

Aillet, Bobby Hicks, Tommy Neinas, Chuck Aldridge, Denny Hines, Clarkston Neverett, Tim Battle, Bill Holub, EJ Newhouse, Dave Bartow, Gene Housel, David Perles, George Bestwick, Dick Ismail, Rocket Podolak, Ed Biddle, Joe Jacoby, Fred Pont, John Bishop, Blaine Jacoby, Joe Preece, Steve Bokamper, Kim Johnson, Charlie Rice, Homer Bradshaw, Terry Kerkhoff, Blair Richter, Pat Browning, Wilt Kern, Mike Roach, Paul Bruce, Earle Kramer, Roy Roda, Kenny Buckner, Brentson Lacewell, Larry Sadler, Frank Casciola, Bob Lapham, Dave Schiller, Harvey Cavagnaro, Charlie Lapides, George Schmidt, Dr. Terry R. Crouthamel, Jake Largent, Steve Schultz, Dick Crowder, Eddie Lawless, Robert Selmon, Lee Roy Dalis, Peter Leach, Bobby Sheridan, Dick Davis, Charles Lengyel, Jack Smallwood, Irwin Dawkins, Pete Lessig, Jim Smith, Jim Ray Dooley, Bill Lewis, Ferd Smith, Larry Donnelly, Boots Lewis, Ted Spani, Gary Duhe, Kevin Lucas, Mike St. Amant, Lou Dykes, Spike Lude, Mike Stephenson, Ron Elliott, Bump Luicci, Tom Stokley, Nelson Emanuel, Bert Mackovic, John Sweeney, Jim Esiason, Boomer Mandich, Jim Taylor, Rick Fambrough, Don Maynard, Don Taylor, Whit Fazio, Foge McCauley, Don Thompson, Jack Frederick, Bob McConnell, Joe Toner, John Geiger, Andy McGee, Mike Townsend, Steve Glazier, David McIlhenny, Lance Tuckett, Glenn Goff, Ray Melick, Ray Urick, Max Grabowski, Jim Miller, Ted Valdiserri, Roger Grace, Mike Moody, Darrell Wagner, Bob Grim, Bob Morse, Jim Weedon, Frank Haden, Pat Morton, Craig Windegger, Frank Hammel, Bob Moss, Jack Yeoman, Bill Harmon, Dick Munoz, Anthony Yoshida, Hugh

These participants' names will be posted to http://www.harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll. Each week, beginning on September 25th, the Harris Interactive College Football Poll rankings will be released and posted to the Harris Interactive website. Following the final rankings release of the season, the individual participant votes for the final ranking will also be released.

The Bowl Championship Series formula for the 2005 season will consist of the new Harris Interactive College Football Poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll, and an average of six computer rankings (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe). The first BCS standings will be released on October 17th.

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