A new college football poll this season will have weekly input from some Midwest veteran sports reporters. Lee Barfknecht of the Omaha World Herald and Randy Peterson of the Des Moines Register are two of the participants in the new ratings.
– The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced the names of the 2014 voters who will participate in the “FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll,” a ranking of the top teams in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision that will be released each week beginning Sept. 15. The 2014 FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice Super 16 voters include:
- Mark Anderson*, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Chris Ault, College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2002
- Lee Barfknecht*, Omaha World-Herald
- Tony Barnhart*, SEC Network
- David Barron*, Houston Chronicle
- Mark Blaudschun*, AJerseyGuy.com
- Murry Bowden, College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2003 and NFF Vice Chairman
- Gil Brandt*, NFL.com
- Chuck Carlton*, The Dallas Morning News
- Gene Corrigan, NFF Board Member
- Brian Davis*, Austin American-Statesman
- Gene DeFilippo, NFF Board Member
- Dennis Dodd*, CBSSports.com
- Bob Epling, NFF Board Member
- Jack Ford, CBS 60 Minutes Sports Correspondent and NFF Board Member
- Teddy Greenstein*, Chicago Tribune
- Andrew Greif*, The Oregonian
- Mike Griffith*, MLive.com
- Wally Hall*, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Matt Hayes*, The Sporting News
- Tommy Hicks*, AL.com
- Ron Higgins*, NoLa.com/The Times Picayune
- Dave Jones*, PA Media Group
- Ryan Kartje*, Orange County Register
- Blair Kerkhoff*, Kansas City Star
- Jack Lengyel, NFF Board Member
- Kelly Lyell*, Fort Collins Coloradoan
- Don McPherson, College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2008
- Matthew Murschel*, Orlando Sentinel
- Chuck Neinas, NFF Board Member
- Randy Peterson*, Des Moines Register
- Jeff Shain*, PrimeSportsNetwork.com
- Phil Steele*, Phil Steele Publications
- Patrick Stevens*, Syracuse.com
- Barry Switzer, College Football Hall of Famer Class of 2001
- David Teel*, Newport News Daily Press
- John Wagner*, Toledo Blade
- Dick Weiss*, Blue Star Media
- Rod West, NFF Board Member
- Reggie Williams, College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2007
- Bud Withers*, Seattle Times
