Doyel on Boise, preseason polls

[utvolpj]

Pretty much the same way I think. I've always wanted the polls to start later in the season so it can all shake out.

Media follows logic to wrong poll position - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com

The coaches wanted to eliminate the preseason poll last year. USA Today, which operates the poll, talked them out of it.
This is not a guess. This is a fact. I just hung up with USA Today deputy managing editor Jim Welch, who relayed that story to me. Last year the American Football Coaches Association commissioned the Gallup World Poll to study its poll and to make recommendations for improving it. One of those recommendations, Welch said, was to do away with the preseason poll -- and to not release its first poll until a month into the season.

"The coaches seemed to agree with that," Welch said.
So why didn't it happen?
"We don't view that as a good idea," Welch said.

[droski]

we would still have preseason polls (phil steele, etc) just not the usa today or ap. not sure it would make a difference.

[utvolpj]

but those aren't being used to determine a NC. His point on the Harris poll did kind of confirm what you're saying. Just wish we could get away from it

[droski]

it's been proven that the ap preseason and such pretty much follow last years results and the preseason mags. i doubt waiting would make a huge difference.