Harris Interactive College Football Poll

The names of those chosen to participate in the inaugural Harris Interactive College Football Poll will be revealed Monday, bowl championship series spokesman Bob Burda said Thursday. The Harris poll replaces the Associated Press poll in the BCS standings formula, which is used to choose college football's title-game participants. Associated Press, citing conflict of interest, pulled out of the BCS in December.

Louisville received one first-place vote in the first Associated Press poll, doormat Duke garnered consideration in the coaches', then, on Monday, it was revealed that one of the 114 panelists in the inaugural Harris Interactive College Football Poll made his name as a basketball coach. And Gene Bartow thought replacing John Wooden was tough?

The new 114-person Harris Interactive College Football Poll, unveiled on Monday, got a few voters lighter on Wednesday. Three members of the poll that will replace the Associated Press writers' poll in this year's bowl championship series standings formula -- former coaches Lou Holtz and Gerry DiNardo, and former Pittsburgh quarterback John Congemi -- will not be permitted to participate because ESPN, where they serve as analysts, has cut ties to the BCS.