re: Will the AP be the only poll next year?

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Why would that be?

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Did some digging. It'll still be around, but...

What does seem pretty obvious, though, is that the Coaches’ Poll won’t be tied to the championship like in the BCS era. The Coaches have a deal with the BCS where they always vote the winner of the BCS Championship Game No. 1 in the final poll. That requirement will go away. So the AFCA National Championship Trophy (Coaches’ Trophy) will no longer be tied to the FBS Tournament Champion

So the Coaches Poll will no longer be used to directly determine the de-facto national champion after 2013. The poll will still exist after the BCS. It will be reported on, tracked for historical reasons, etc. It will still award a champion, just as it has since 1950