Johnny Dangerously
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Does anyone know what time today it will be released?
Jon Wilner lists the AP's voting guidelines in his blog, excerpted below. Can anyone tell me how you can vote on the preseason poll and adhere to the first one on the list? I realize these guidelines are for the entire season, but doesn't this reveal the folly of a preseason poll? I guess you have to decide who had the best practices the last two weeks?
* Base your vote on performance, not reputation or preseason speculation.
* Avoid regional bias, for or against. Your local team does not deserve any special handling when it comes to your ballot.
* Pay attention to head-to-head results and don’t hesitate to make significant changes in your ballot from week to week.
There’s no rule against jumping the 16th-ranked team over the eighth-ranked team, if No. 16 is coming off a big victory and No. 8 just lost 52-6 to a so-so team.
* Teams on NCAA probation ARE eligible for the AP poll.
Ethical guidelines:
* Voters should have no professional or booster connection to the schools they cover. This could pose a conflict of interest.
* Voters cannot write for team media guides or even independent fan magazines associated with certain schools. This has the potential of compromising a reporter’s objectivity.
* Adhere to APME (AP Managing Editors) and APSE (AP Sports Editors) standards of conduct: We do not accept free tickets, deals, discounts or gifts, etc.
* Please be advised: “Homerism†will be challenged and could lead to dismissal from the poll board.
http://www.mercextra.com/blogs/collegesports/2007/08/15/inside-the-ap-top-25-preseason-poll/
Anyway, I'll be interested to see if the AP poll is similar to the USA Today poll. Maybe Whitlock will show up and grace us with his rankings.
Jon Wilner lists the AP's voting guidelines in his blog, excerpted below. Can anyone tell me how you can vote on the preseason poll and adhere to the first one on the list? I realize these guidelines are for the entire season, but doesn't this reveal the folly of a preseason poll? I guess you have to decide who had the best practices the last two weeks?
* Base your vote on performance, not reputation or preseason speculation.
* Avoid regional bias, for or against. Your local team does not deserve any special handling when it comes to your ballot.
* Pay attention to head-to-head results and don’t hesitate to make significant changes in your ballot from week to week.
There’s no rule against jumping the 16th-ranked team over the eighth-ranked team, if No. 16 is coming off a big victory and No. 8 just lost 52-6 to a so-so team.
* Teams on NCAA probation ARE eligible for the AP poll.
Ethical guidelines:
* Voters should have no professional or booster connection to the schools they cover. This could pose a conflict of interest.
* Voters cannot write for team media guides or even independent fan magazines associated with certain schools. This has the potential of compromising a reporter’s objectivity.
* Adhere to APME (AP Managing Editors) and APSE (AP Sports Editors) standards of conduct: We do not accept free tickets, deals, discounts or gifts, etc.
* Please be advised: “Homerism†will be challenged and could lead to dismissal from the poll board.
http://www.mercextra.com/blogs/collegesports/2007/08/15/inside-the-ap-top-25-preseason-poll/
Anyway, I'll be interested to see if the AP poll is similar to the USA Today poll. Maybe Whitlock will show up and grace us with his rankings.
