Beginning of the End of Polls as We Know Them

Beginning with the second week of the 2007 football season, a group of football fans scattered around the Southeast decided that not only were they more aware of the college football world, they could create a better, more accurate college football poll.

Limiting the poll to just 16 teams, the group, ranging from bankers, professionals, doctors and students, is dedicated to creating a college football poll that is reflective of the current landscape. Limiting the poll to 16 teams will allow pollsters to focus on only the top teams in the country, make inclusion in the poll rewarding, while also being a hark to college football fans' push to a playoff (whether it be a 4, 8 or 16 team playoff).

Though not a true representation of the entire nation, the voters do represent the country's most-die hard college football region, and this devotion will produce more accurate rankings than either reporters or coaches can. Beginning Sept. 13, 2007, the initial Southern College Football Poll will be published to this website; the poll will be published every Monday throughout the season.