Panelist Recruitment for the 2006 Harris Interactive College Football Poll Finalized

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Harris Interactive(R) today announces that it has finalized the recruitment of the panel for the 2006 Harris Interactive College Football Poll(SM) that has been commissioned by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). For a second season the poll will be one of the components in the BCS Standings Formula used to determine the two teams that will play in the BCS National Championship game and those that qualify for at-large selection.

This 2006 Harris Interactive College Football Poll is comprised of 114 panelists and includes former coaches, players, administrators and current and former media. The panel has been randomly drawn by Harris Interactive from among more than 300 nominations supplied by the 11 Division I-A conferences and independent institutions. This panel meets Harris Interactive criteria for sample design and is a statistically reliable representation of all 11 Division I-A conferences and independent institutions.

        2006 Harris Interactive College Football Poll Participants

  Adamle, Mike               Jacoby, Fred            Moss, Jack
  Aillet, Bobby              Jacoby, Joe             Muster, Brad
  Aldridge, Denny            Joe, J.J.               Neverett, Tim
  Arnsparger, Bill           Johnson, Dr. Charles    Newhouse, Dave
  Bestwick, Dick             Johnson, Scott          O'Brien, Denny
  Biddle, Joe                Joyner, Seth            Paschall, David
  Bishop, Blaine             Keech, Larry            Pearson, Mike
  Browning, Wilt             Kerkhoff, Blair         Perles, George
  Bruce, Earle               Kern, Mike              Podolak, Ed
  Buckner, Brentson          Kolen, Mike             Pont, John
  Casciola, Bob              Kramer, Roy             Ponti, Gene
  Cavagnaro, Charlie         Lapides, George         Preece, Steve
  Collier, Reggie            Lawless, Robert         Richter, Pat
  Corrigan, Gene             Lawrence, David         Rimington, Dave
  Crouthamel, Jake           Leach, Bobby            Roach, Paul
  Crowder, Eddie             Lengyel, Jack           Robinson, Earle
  Curci, Fran                Lessig, James           Roda, Kenny
  Dawkins, Pete              Lewis, Ted              Sandusky, Jerry
  Dickey, Doug               Limon, Iliana           Schiller, Harvey
  Dohn, Brian                Lucas, Mike             Schmidt,  Dr. Terry R.
  Donnelly, Boots            Lude, Mike              Smallwood, Irwin
  Dooley, Bill               Luicci, Tom             Stephenson, Ron
  Dorsey, John               Luis, Cindy             Taylor, Rick
  Duhe, Kevin                Mackovic, John          Thulin, Ron
  Emanuel, Bert              Mandich, Jim            Toner, John
  Esiason, Boomer            Matthews, Loren         Tuckett, Glenn
  Fehlberg, Rondo            McCartney, Bill         Urick, Max
  Fralic, Bill               McConnell, Joe          Valdiserri, Roger
  Frederick, Bob             McGee, Mike             Vardell, Tommy
  Glazier, David H.          McIlhenny, Lance        Wagner, Bob
  Grace, Mike                McLellan, Bill          Walden, Jim
  Grammer, Geoff             Melick, Ray             Weaver, Douglas
  Grim, Bob                  Miller, Ted             Weedon, Frank
  Hammond, Tom               Molden, Alex            White, Jack
  Harmon, Dick               Moody, Darrell          Windegger, Frank
  Hicks, Tommy               Moran, Mike             Winder, Sammy
  Hines, Clarkston           Morse, Jim              Yoshida, Hugh
  Housel, David              Morton, Craig           Zeise, Paul

These participants' names will soon be posted to http://www.harrisinteractive.com/bcspoll, and each week, beginning on September 24th, the Harris Interactive College Football Poll overall rankings will be released and posted to the Harris Interactive website. Only for the final rankings of the season, on December 3rd, will the participants' individual rankings be released.

The Bowl Championship Series formula for the 2006 season will consist of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll, and an average of six computer rankings (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe). The first BCS standings will be released on October 15th.

About the Bowl Championship Series

The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Division I-A conferences and Notre Dame. Its purpose is to match the two top-ranked teams in the final BCS standings in a national championship game and to create competitive match-ups in the four other BCS bowl games. For more information, visit http://www.bcsfootball.org/.

About Harris Interactive

Harris Interactive is the 12th largest and fastest-growing market research firm in the world. The company provides research-driven insights and strategic advice to help its clients make more confident decisions which lead to measurable and enduring improvements in performance. Harris Interactive is widely known for The Harris Poll, one of the longest running, independent opinion polls and for pioneering online market research methods. The company has built what could conceivably be the world's largest panel of survey respondents, the Harris Poll Online. Harris Interactive serves clients worldwide through its United States, Europe and Asia offices, its wholly-owned subsidiary Novatris in France and through a global network of independent market research firms. The service bureau, HISB, provides its market research industry clients with mixed-mode data collection, panel development services as well as syndicated and tracking research consultation. More information about Harris Interactive may be obtained at http://www.harrisinteractive.com/.

To become a member of the Harris Poll Online, visit http://go.hpolsurveys.com/BCS.

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  Charles Bloom, Bowl Championship Series
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  cbloom@sec.org