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[J.R.]

Who voted for the 'ho? They're 0-4. Suprise, Suprise, the BCS is screwed up.

1. Southern California (110) 3-0 2,822
2. Texas (3) 3-0 2,705
3. Virginia Tech 4-0 2,552
4. Florida 4-0 2,383
5. LSU 1-0 2,362
6. Florida State 3-0 2,193
7. Georgia 4-0 2,168
8. Ohio State 3-1 2,043
9. Miami (Fla.) 2-1 1,712
10. Michigan State 4-0 1,682
11. California 4-0 1,609
12. Tennessee 1-1 1,561
13. Notre Dame 3-1 1,326
14. Arizona State 3-1 1,145
15. Alabama 4-0 1,065
16. Texas Tech 3-0 1,023
17. Wisconsin 4-0 972
18. UCLA 3-0 795
19. Virginia 3-0 787
20. Minnesota 4-0 777
21. Boston College 3-1 534
22. Purdue 2-1 493
23. Iowa State 3-0 438
24. Louisville 2-1 365
25. Michigan 2-2 229
Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 206, Penn State 154, West Virginia 132, Auburn 93, Texas A&M 93, Oregon 80, Vanderbilt 47, Clemson 39, Washington State 21, TCU 18, UTEP 17, South Florida 14, Illinois 13, Nebraska 11, Arizona 10, Iowa 7, Fresno State 6, Bowling Green 5, Idaho 5, Kansas State 3, Syracuse 3, Toledo 3, Southern Miss. 2, UAB 1, Wyoming 1.

Tuesday night football on ESPN2 they were talking about it. They said the vote was probably made on the phone and the voter said "iowa" and was misheard.

[J.R.]

Maybe, but then wouldn't you hope the harris poll representative collecting the votes might have enough college football sense to question if he heard the pollster correctly? An 0-4 team 21st? Idaho is not a football power by any stretch, so its not like saying USC or Texas, the rankign of Idaho should instantly raise eye brows. If its really a miscommunication the error is perhaps more egregious.

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Voters cast ballots by telephone, fax or online; the voter who voted for Idaho reportedly did so by telephone. Did the voter intend to rank Iowa (2-2) but it was misheard over the phone?

"There are many times when someone says 'Idaho' and people think 'Iowa,' " Stephenson said yesterday by phone. "I don't think it's very often that people say 'Iowa' and people confuse it with 'Idaho,' certainly not on the East Coast."

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[pokerdirty]

and these rankings are an improvement over what we have already how?

[J.R.]

actually, its just an attempt to try to keep the bcs at the status quo after the AP pulled out, as the harris poll is now 1/3rd of the bcs rankings. but why would anybody not affiliated with the rich bcs bowls want to keep the bcs at a staus quo, it sucked?