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re: Will the AP be the only poll next year?
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:25 pm to Jerry the Sailor
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:25 pm to Jerry the Sailor
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Why would that be?
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
This post was edited on 12/9/13 at 4:26 pm
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Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:26 pm to Alahunter
The big take-aways from all of this speculation is that the Coaches’ Poll will return to its place in polling history as another player in the football champion naming game, and the Harris Interactive poll as we know it will likely go away. Unfortunately for football fans, that means we’ll have potential for even more recognized split national champions: Coaches, AP and the FBS Playoff champions
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:28 pm to Alahunter
Although a requirement does not exist, I can't imagine a scenario in which the winner of a 4-team playoff doesn't receive the coach's trophy. Or the nod from the AP.
This post was edited on 12/9/13 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:29 pm to Alahunter
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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
So we going back to the MNC thing
with a playoff champ and a coaches champ and an AP champ 
Posted on 12/9/13 at 4:33 pm to Alahunter
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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 does this mean the coaches trophy will be its own separate entity sort of how the AP trophy has unofficially been since '03? That should be interesting.
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