Daily Blog • June 10, 2010

THE POLLS ARE OPEN!!!

The last couple of years I have I put up a poll for everyone to pick who would win each conference game during the year. I found these results fascinating prior to the year. When you vote in the poll, it tabulates the current % of votes for each team in each individual game. Here are the results of the fan poll from 2009.

When initially reviewing the results I was quite impressed with the accuracy as you the fans did quite well in numerous conferences. In fact, when I calculated the results (similar to what stassen.com does for all the major preseason college football magazines) you guys finished #1!!!!

The scores are figured by taking each publication's forecasting accuracy by comparing the predicted finish with the actual finish of each team in the conference. Keep in mind this chart is similar to Golf scores in that the lower the score the more accurate.

2009 Accuracy Chart

Big
Big 12
Big 12
Big
Pac
ACC
ACC
SEC
SEC
Mt
CUSA
CUSA
MAC
MAC
Sun
Total
Rank
Ten
North
South
East
10
Atlan
Coast
East
West
WAC
West
East
West
East
West
Belt
Points
1
 PS.com Poll
19
11
4
8
18
4
5
0
4
9
8
4
5
11
4
7
121
2
 Gameplan
13
7
4
6
18
10
6
0
2
11
12
8
7
11
4
13
132
3
 Sports Illustrated
17
10
4
5.5
21.5
11
6
0
3
8.5
12
4
5
10
6
9.5
133
4
 Sure Fire Scouting
20
13
4
2.5
16
8
4
3
0
10
14
8
5
9
6
12
134.5
5
 CPA Rank
17
11
4
9.5
16
8
5
2
2
9
12
6
6
11
6
13
137.5
6
 Phil Steele
24
8.5
4
9
23.5
5
6
1
4
8
11
9
4
10
4
9
140
7
 USA Today
19
11
4
2
22
8
8
2
0
10
10
5
10
15
2
14
142
8
 Football Outsider
17
10
2
10.5
27
0
4
4
5
10
13
5
5
13
9
9
143.5
9
 Athlon
17
9
6
2
24
10
8
3
2
10
14
8
5
13
2
11
144
10
 ATS Consultant
21
12
4
6
18
12
2
2
4
10
12
9
7
9
6
11
145
11
 CFB NEWS
15.5
11
4
8
24
8
4
3
1
11
16
4
4
20
3
9
145.5
12
 Sporting News
21
11
4
6
22
14
6
2
4
9
14
7
3
13
6
8
150
13
 Lindys
21
11
4
6
18
10
6
0
2
12
10
10
7
15
6
13
151
14
 Gold Sheet
26
11
4
11
20
14
4
4
2
14
8
7
4
13
6
12
160

Last year you guys scored a low of 121 points, which was 11 points lower than GamePlan. Some of the conferences and divisions you did the best in were the SEC East (0 pts!) SEC West (4 pts) and the Mountain West 8 points.

If you have any questions on the chart or need further explanation please refer to pages 306-307 of this year's magazine or visit stassen.com

We put the polls up today for this year’s games on the homepage for six conferences and this is a great way for me to gauge how the public views each game. When you vote you have the entire conference schedule in front of you and the home team is capitalized. Get your votes in today and see how the fans think the big games like Oklahoma-Texas, Ohio St at Iowa, Florida St at Miami, Fl and West Virginia at Pittsburgh are going to shake out! To vote you do have register your e-mail address but this is just to make sure there is no stuffing of the ballot box. I will do a complete break down of the fan vote in a couple of weeks!

Also make sure to vote on who you think will win each conference on the homepage. Today we started with the Sun Belt conference and Troy has the early lead over Middle Tennessee. Each Conference Champion Poll will be up for two days so make sure you get your vote in early!

Please check PhilSteele.com everyday to get my Top 30 Countdown, which posted #8 USC yesterday. Thru June 16th, I will post both magazine pages on a new team ranked in the Top 30 and you can get an early look on how I breakdown your favorite team. Remember those magazine pages are available for only 24 hours for you to download. Today, Florida comes in at #7.

I will be back tomorrow to talk about my thoughts concerning the latest expansion news, which will no doubt change the college football landscape!

Only 84 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE FIRST COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME!!!