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. The poll was created in the summer of 2005 to replace the AP Poll in the

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, the Harris Poll did not release a preseason poll; in fact, it did not come out until the last half of October, several weeks into the season. Also, the Harris Poll did not release a post-bowl game poll or crown a national champion; the final Harris Poll was released along with the final BCS rankings. The Harris Interactive Poll was composed of former players, coaches, administrators, and current and former media who submitted votes for the top 25 teams each week. The panel was designed to be a statistically valid representation of all 11 FBS Conferences and independent institutions.

Polling methodology

First, Division I-Bowl Subdivision college football conferences and independent institutions nominated prospective panelists. Then Harris randomly selected 115http://www.harrisinteractive.com/vault/HI-News-Release-HICFP-Panelists-2011-10-05.pdf members from the nominees to participate in the actual panel. Each week from mid October to the end of the regular college football season these 115 panelists voted on the particular ranking of teams. These rankings were then published and are used to determine 1/3 of the BCS standings.

Panelists

2005

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List of 2005 Panelists

2006

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List of 2006 Panelists

2007

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List of 2007 Panelists

2008

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List of 2008 Panelists

2009

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List of 2009 Panelists

2010

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List of 2010 Panelists

2011

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List of 2011 Panelists

2012

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List of 2012 Panelists

2013

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List of 2013 Panelists

Year-by-year Final Rankings

The Harris poll's final rankings were from the last week of the regular season for the purpose of producing a final BCS ranking. The Harris poll did not crown a champion in a post-bowl poll. ''See results at''
Final 2005 Harris Poll

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Final 2006 Harris Poll

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Final 2007 Harris Poll

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Final 2008 Harris Poll

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Final 2009 Harris Poll

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Final 2010 Harris Poll
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Final 2011 Harris Poll

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Final 2012 Harris Poll

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Final 2013 Harris Poll

References

External links

Harris Interactive College Football Poll

Archive of all public Harris Interactive Football Poll ballots since 2007
{{Sports rating systems College football rankings Bowl Championship Series College football championships