http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm

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1. Southern California (56)     8-0     1,544    1
2. Texas (5)                    8-0     1,485    2
3. Virginia Tech (1)            8-0     1,431    3
4. Alabama                      8-0     1,349    5
5. Miami (Fla.)                 6-1     1,285    6
[B]6. LSU                          6-1     1,215    7[/B]
7. UCLA                         8-0     1,200    8
8. Florida State                7-1     1,060    9
9. Notre Dame                   5-2       988   10
10. Georgia                     7-1       966    4

Interesting that Miles isn't one of the voters....

The coahces get rotated on and off every few years I believe.

SEC (7)
Rich Brooks, Kentucky
Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State
Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
Tommy Tuberville, Auburn
Houston Nutt, Arkansas
Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee
Mark Richt, Georgia

BigXII (6)
Gary Barnett, Colorado
Mack Brown, Texas
Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M
Dan McCarney, Iowa State
Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

BigTen (7)
Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin
Lloyd Carr, Michigan
Jim Tressel, Ohio State
Randy Walker, Northwestern
Joe Tiller, Purdue
John L. Smith, Michigan State
Terry Hoeppner, Indiana

Pac-10 (5)
Mike Bellotti, Oregon
Bill Doba, Washington State
Walt Harris, Stanford
Jeff Tedford, California
Tyrone Willingham, Washington

Big East (4)
Greg Schiano, Rutgers
Bobby Petrino, Louisville
Randy Edsall, Connecticut
Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia

ACC (7)
Chuck Amato, N.C. State
Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
Bobby Bowden, Florida State
Tommy Bowden, Clemson
Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.)
Tom O'Brien, Boston College
John Bunting, North Carolina

C-USA (6)
Phil Bennett, SMU
Jeff Bower, Southern Miss
Skip Holtz, East Carolina
Watson Brown, UAB
Art Briles, Houston
Ken Hatfield, Rice

Mountain West (4)
Joe Glenn, Wyoming
Rocky Long, New Mexico
Sonny Lubick, Colorado State
Gary Patterson, TCU

WAC (4)
Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech
Dan Hawkins, Boise State
Pat Hill, Fresno State
Dick Tomey, San Jose State

MAC (6)
Gregg Brandon, Bowling Green
Brady Hoke, Ball State
Joe Novak, Northern Illinois
Brian Kelly, Central Michigan
Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio)
Frank Solich, Ohio

Sun Belt (4)
Larry Blakeney, Troy
Darrell Dickey, North Texas
Andy McCollum, Middle Tennessee
Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic

Independent (2)
Bobby Wallace, Temple
Charlie Weis, Notre Dame

I think the fact that the big ten has 6 voters, plus notre dame (who plays half of them), and the mac (the big ten's favored non-conference opponents) has 6 votes explains the high early season rankings that the big ten always has... I have to wonder if this numberical balance is a specific formula or if this is just how it come out this year.

I think the fact that the big ten has 6 voters, plus notre dame (who plays half of them), and the mac (the big ten's favored non-conference opponents) has 6 votes explains the high early season rankings that the big ten always has... I have to wonder if this numberical balance is a specific formula or if this is just how it come out this year".

Yep, that must be it!!! Forget the fact that the SEC has the same # of voters as the Big Ten... there are six from the MAC.... just as there are 6 from C-USA and 4 from the Sun Belt... where the SEC gets many of their OOC opponents.
... but go ahead... as I'm sure you feel you have found "the lost scrolls"... ah, the logic we use...