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Factoid 57 - College Football's National Championship Polling Selectors

Date: 2/4/14
Author: © poosan - Fotolia.com

The polling selector “has been the dominant national champion selector since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936. It is notable that the NFF merged with UPI from 1991 to 1992 and USA Today from 1993 to 1994. Selectors are listed below with years selected retroactively in italics.

For many years, the national champion of various polls were selected prior to the bowl games. The national champion was selected before bowl games as follows: AP (1936–1964 and 1966–1967), Coaches' Poll (1950–1973), FWAA (1954), and NFF (1959–1970). In all other latter-day polls, champions were selected after bowl games. Presently the winner of BCS Championship Game is automatically awarded the national championship of the Coaches' Poll and the National Football Foundation.

SelectorNameSeasons
APAssociated Press1936–present
Coaches', known as:
UPI
USAT/CNN
USAT/ESPN
USAT		 AFCA Coaches' Poll
United Press International
USA Today/Cable News Network
USA Today/ESPN
USA Today		 1950–present
1950–1990
1991–1996
1997–2004
2005–present
CFRACollege Football Researchers Association1919–1935, 1936–1981, 1982–1992, 2010–present
FNFootball News1958–2002
FWAAFootball Writers Association of America1954–present
HAFHelms Athletic Foundation1883–1935, 1936–1940, 1941–1982
INSInternational News Service1952–1957
NCFNational Championship Foundation1869–1870, 1872–1935, 1936–1979, 1980–2000
NFFNational Football Foundation1959–1990,b,d 1995–present
SNSporting News1975–2006
UPIUnited Press International1950–1990,a 1993–1995
UPI/NFFUnited Press International/National Football Foundation1991–1992b
USATUSA Today2005–presenta
USAT/CNNUSA Today/Cable News Network1982–1996c
USAT/ESPNUSA Today/ESPN1997–2003a
USAT/NFFUSA Today/National Football Foundation1993–1994d


aServed as the AFCA Coaches' Poll during the designated years. The 2004 AFCA National Championship awarded to USC in conjunction with the BCS was vacated by the BCS and the AFCA Coaches' Trophy was returned.[16]

bThe UPI Poll conducted the Coaches' Poll through the 1990 season, which was subsequently taken over by the CNN/USAToday. UPI then conducted a poll of National Football Foundation members in 1991 and 1992, the winner of which received the NFF's designation as the national champion and its MacArthur Trophy.

cCNN/USAToday conducted its own poll of college football sportswriters until it took over the Coaches' Poll starting with the 1991 season.

dUSA Today took over the poll of the National Football Foundation's members in 1993 from the UPI, and its winner received the NFF's designation as the national champion and its MacArthur Trophy. The poll was conducted by USA Today through the 1996 season, although national championship selections in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records do not distinguish the NFF from the USAToday/NFF poll in 1995 and 1996. USA Today conducted this poll separately from the CNN/USAToday Coaches' Poll, and the two should not be confused.

In addition to these, since 2005 the BCS has commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct a poll of former college football players, coaches, and administrators. This human poll is used to help calculate the BCS standings. No final poll is taken after the BCS championship game and no national championship is awarded or named by Harris Interactive.” – Wikipedia

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