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 Leach replaces Bob Pruett who has withdrawn from the panel due to his ESPN affiliation.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.

About Harris Interactive(R)

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Bob Burda, Big 12 Conference
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