Does anyone know how they pick the voters for the College Football Coaches Poll? A fair one that represents a proper balance of conferences/schools?

[RCBeta79]

Does anyone know how they pick the voters for the College Football Coaches Poll?
A fair one that represents a proper balance of conferences/schools?

The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2024 season (55 Votes):

Big Ten (6)
David Braun, Northwestern
Ryan Day, Ohio State
Jedd Fisch, Washington
James Franklin, Penn State
Dan Lanning, Oregon
Mike Locksley, Maryland

ACC (8)
Jeff Brohm, Louisville
Fran Brown, Syracuse
Tony Elliott, Virginia
Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame
Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh
Brent Pry, Virginia Tech
Brent Key, Georgia Tech
Rhett Lashlee, SMU

Big12 (6)
Neal Brown, West Virginia
Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State
Lance Leipold, Kansas
Chris Klieman, Kansas State
Joey McGuire, Texas Tech
Gus Malzahn, Central Florida

SEC (6)
Kalen DeBoer, Alabama
Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri
Mike Elko, Texas A&M
Clark Lea, Vanderbilt
Kirby Smart, Georgia
Mark Stoops, Kentucky

Other Conferences (29)
Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Jamey Chadwell, Liberty
Bob Chesney, James Madison
Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan
Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech
Spencer Danielson, Boise State
Willie Fritz, Houston
Alex Golesh, South Florida
Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky
Mike Houston, East Carolina
Butch Jones, Arkansas State
GJ Kinne, Texas State
Pete Lembo, Buffalo
Sean Lewis, San Diego State
Mike MacIntyre, Florida International
Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio)
Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee
Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico
Jeff Monken, Army
Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State
Barry Odom, UNLV
Gerad Parker, Troy
Jon Sumrall, Tulane
Lance Taylor, Western Michigan
Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio
Tim Albin, Ohio
Major Applewhite, South Alabama
Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina
Mike Bloomgren, Rice

 

[mdk01]

ACC has more voters than the Big 10, Big 12 or SEC. Go figure

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Are you suggesting there's a bias in the poll?

What happens if we distribute the non-P5s among geographic regions (I did not do it.. but another idea is to see these coaches' origins.. what major teams they have connections to.. played for, coached at, born near)

There can be quibbles as to who belongs where... but however you look at it.. it is SOUTH heavy. And here's one possible issue.. where these schools are probably determines what P5s they visit for payday games most often.. and then. maybe, there's an incentive to vote that the team that thumped you deserves a high rank compared to a team you haven't seen. or, conversely, consider if Howard's coach had a vote.. even if he thought we were Top 25.. would he vote it after feeling disrespected?

East

Pete Lembo, Buffalo
Mike MacIntyre, Florida International
Jeff Monken, Army
Tim Albin, Ohio

South

Jamey Chadwell, Liberty
Bob Chesney, James Madison
Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech
Willie Fritz, Houston
Alex Golesh, South Florida
Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky
Mike Houston, East Carolina
Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee
Gerad Parker, Troy
Jon Sumrall, Tulane
Major Applewhite, South Alabama
Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina

Midwest

Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan
Butch Jones, Arkansas State
GJ Kinne, Texas State
Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio)
Lance Taylor, Western Michigan
Mike Bloomgren, Rice

West

Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Spencer Danielson, Boise State
Sean Lewis, San Diego State
Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico
Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State
Barry Odom, UNLV
Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio

 

[Knight Shift]

Does anyone know how they pick the voters for the College Football Coaches Poll?
A fair one that represents a proper balance of conferences/schools?

The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2024 season (55 Votes):


ACC (8)
Jeff Brohm, Louisville
Fran Brown, Syracuse
Tony Elliott, Virginia
Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame
Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh
Brent Pry, Virginia Tech
Brent Key, Georgia Tech
Rhett Lashlee, SMU

LOL. Syracuse got 1 vote in the coach's poll. Wonder who that was????

ACC (8)
Jeff Brohm, Louisville
Fran Brown, Syracuse

 

[RCBeta79]

Are you suggesting there's a bias in the poll?

What happens if we distribute the non-P5s among geographic regions (I did not do it.. but another idea is to see these coaches' origins.. what major teams they have connections to.. played for, coached at, born near)

There can be quibbles as to who belongs where... but however you look at it.. it is SOUTH heavy. And here's one possible issue.. where these schools are probably determines what P5s they visit for payday games most often.. and then. maybe, there's an incentive to vote that the team that thumped you deserves a high rank compared to a team you haven't seen. or, conversely, consider if Howard's coach had a vote.. even if he thought we were Top 25.. would he vote it after feeling disrespected?

East

Pete Lembo, Buffalo
Mike MacIntyre, Florida International
Jeff Monken, Army
Tim Albin, Ohio

South

Jamey Chadwell, Liberty
Bob Chesney, James Madison
Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech
Willie Fritz, Houston
Alex Golesh, South Florida
Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky
Mike Houston, East Carolina
Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee
Gerad Parker, Troy
Jon Sumrall, Tulane
Major Applewhite, South Alabama
Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina

Midwest

Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan
Butch Jones, Arkansas State
GJ Kinne, Texas State
Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio)
Lance Taylor, Western Michigan
Mike Bloomgren, Rice

West

Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Spencer Danielson, Boise State
Sean Lewis, San Diego State
Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico
Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State
Barry Odom, UNLV
Jeff Traylor, Texas-San

I like your regional list, and you make some very good points.
And yes, the South is very well represented in the total of 55.

 

[RCBeta79]

I like your regional list, and you make some very good points.
And yes, the South is very well represented in the total of 55.

 

[ScarletKid2008]

Giving the coaches a vote is the dumbest thing ever. These guys don’t have the time to follow what’s going on with any team outside their schedule. I’d be absolutely shocked if it wasn’t anyone other than coaches grad assistants submitting those votes.

Get rid of it.

And honestly the AP vote is a beauty pageant as well. AP vote should be 1 of a few factors that go into the offical ranking of a team. Some sort of weighted formula which includes things like efficiency rankings , strength of schedule , NET style points for wins, etc.

 

[RUGuitarMan]

This poll has no impact on the college season. The playoff committee will begin ranking the teams in Nov.

 

[Virginiarufan]

This is an intern's job, paperwork to get off someone's desk. The actual coaches don't vote.

 

[Ty Webb]

ACC has more voters than the Big 10, Big 12 or SEC. Go figure

Because they are counting ND as an ACC school and they added SMU just recently.

 

[mikemarc1]

To answer the question - it’s a random draw each year.

“The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the American Football Coaches Association their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.”

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

This poll has no impact on the college season. The playoff committee will begin ranking the teams in Nov.

The playoff committee has to get their info somewhere. You think that none of them ever come across the coaches' poll or any other non-official source upon which they form their own personal opinions?