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's governing body, the

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, does not bestow a

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title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason: the AP Poll and the

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. About halfway through the season, two additional polls are released, the Harris Interactive Poll and the

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(BCS) standings. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS standings. At the end of the season, the BCS standings determine who plays in the BCS

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s as well as the

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Legend

AP Poll

Coaches Poll

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of the

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, refused to vote in the Week 15 poll, citing a conflict of interest. In a change to the Coaches Poll for the 2006 season, the final ballots are made public. Tressel did not want his vote of picking Florida or Michigan to play against his team to be known publicly and therefore refused to vote and was an unprecedented move in that no Coaches Poll voter has ever refused to vote.

Harris Interactive Poll

BCS standings

The

(BCS) determined the two teams that competed in the

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References

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