Panelist Recruitment for the 2009 Harris Interactive College Football Poll Finalized

NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Harris Interactive has finalized the recruitment of the panel for the 2009 Harris Interactive College Football Poll(SM) commissioned by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The poll is one of the components of the BCS Standings that will be used to determine the two teams that will play in the BCS National Championship game and those that qualify for selection into the other BCS games.

2009 Harris Interactive College Football Poll Panelists

Aldridge, Denny	Fehlberg, Rondo	Matthews, Loren	Schiller, Harvey
Anderson, Bob	Frazier, Tommie	Mayes, Derrick	Schmidt, Terry R.
Bailey, Eric	Gagliardi, Robert	McBride, Charlie	Schneider, Paul
Bartrum, Mike	Gbaja-Biamila, Akbar	McConnell, Joe	Schroeder, George
Batten, Sammy	Hines, Clarkston	McGee, Mike	Shea, Terry
Bestwick, Dick	Housel, David	McIlhenny, Lance	Sherrill, Jackie
Biddle, Joe	Irvine, Steve	McLellan, Bill	Simpson, Corky
Bishop, Blaine	Joe, J.J.	Medhurst, Pete	Smigiel, Joe
Brandt, Gil	Johnson, Scott	Melick, Ray	Stabley, Fred
Brown, Chip	Kanell, Danny	Millis, Tim	Stephenson, Ron
Buckner, Brentson	Kearney, Joe	Mizell, Eric	Stevens, Patrick
Carlin, Chris	Keech, Larry	Morton, Craig	Strock, Don
Casciola, Bob	Kerkhoff, Blair	Moss, Jack	Thalman, Budd
Cavagnaro, Charlie	Kern, Mike	Novak, Joe	Thulin, Ron
Cleary, Michael	Kramer, Roy	Oakes, Jim	Toner, John
Collins, Tony	Kurtz, Jesse	O'Brien, Denny	Trotman, Charlie
Corrigan, Gene	Lachey, Jim	Paschall, David	Urick, Max
Criqui, Don	Lawrence, David	Pearson, Drew	Valdiserri, Roger
Crowley, Joe	Leach, Bobby	Perles, George	Van Note, Jeff
Curci, Fran	Lessig, James	Pinkett, Allen	Vardell, Tommy
Dawkins, Pete	Lubick, Sonny	Ponti, Gene	Vruggink, Jim
Del Greco, Al	Lucas, Mike	Prater, Mike	Wagner, Bob
Dickson, Darnell	Lude, Mike	Preece, Steve	Walden, Jim
Dienhart, Mark	Luicci, Tom	Richter, Pat	Wiegert, Zach
Dombrowski, Jim	Luis, Cindy	Robinson, Earle	White, Jack
Dorsey, John	Mallory, John	Roda, Kenny	Wine, George
Dunlevy, Bob	Mandich, Jim	Sanders, Gary	Yoshida, Hugh
Ealey, Chuck	Mason, Glen

The 2009 Harris Interactive College Football Poll is comprised of 114 panelists and includes former coaches, players, administrators and current and former media. Panelists are randomly drawn by Harris Interactive from among more than 300 nominations supplied by the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conferences and independent institutions. The panel meets Harris Interactive criteria for sample design and is a statistically reliable representation of all 11 conferences and independent institutions.

The poll participants’ names will be available at www.harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll and the Harris Interactive College Football Poll rankings will be released and posted each week to the Harris Interactive website beginning on September 27. As in previous seasons, only the final season rankings for each individual participant will be released on BCS Selection Sunday, which will be December 6 this year.

The Harris Interactive College Football Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll each comprise one-third of the BCS Standings. The other one-third is an average of six computer rankings (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, the Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe). The first BCS Standings will be released on October 18.

About the Bowl Championship Series

The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision conferences and institutions. Its purpose is to match the two top-ranked teams in the final BCS standings in a national championship game and to create competitive match-ups in the four other BCS bowl games. For more information, visit www.bcsfootball.org.

About Harris Interactive

Harris Interactive is a global leader in custom market research. With a long and rich history in multimodal research that is powered by our science and technology, we assist clients in achieving business results. Harris Interactive serves clients globally through our North American, European and Asian offices and a network of independent market research firms. For more information, please visit www.harrisinteractive.com.

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