Harris and Coaches Polls Soil the BCS in Battle of Man Vs. Machine

The BCS Championship is set, Oklahoma Sooners vs. Florida Gators, and there are more than a few questions. PLEASE USE THIS AS AN APPENDIX WITH ALL OF THE POLL NUMBERS COMPILED IN A READABLE - NON-PDF FORM. (I'm not going to type out all the votes, so referencing that will come in handy, just open it up in a tab) The interesting part of this article resides on page two, so just click that if you add. I'll show you with quick maths, how the BCS Championship game should have been OU vs. Texas. First Question: Why bother with the computers? Computers are 1/3rd of the vote, and in all but one computer Texas was above Florida. The highest and lowest computer rankings are dropped, and a team is allotted a point value starting at 25 and going down depending on where they finish. My problem with the computers is that the voters in the Harris Poll and Coaches Poll know what the results will be, prior to casting their vote. Voters, undoubtedly casted their votes strategically. If you want a ... (link)