How does the Harris Interactive National College Football Poll work?
The Harris Interactive College Football Poll ranks the Top 25 teams each week from late September through the end of the regular season. The Harris panel is comprised of former coaches, student-athletes, administrators and media representatives with a goal of 114 participants. The Division I-A conferences and independent institutions nominate prospective panelists and the Harris Interactive randomly selects the actual panel. Each conference nominates 10 panelists; Notre Dame nominates three and Army and Navy nominate one. The panel is a statistically reliable representation of all 11 Division I-A conferences and independent institutions. Harris Interactive will post the poll results to its website each Sunday. For the final poll in December, individual votes are made public.
