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Evidence of Television Exposure Effects in AP Top 25 College Football Rankings

University of Central Arkansas

Tammy M. Rogers

North Georgia College & State University

R. Zachary Finney

University of South Alabama

A potential source of bias in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 football rankings is television exposure. Using the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 college football seasons, the authors observe, all else equal, that AP voters change the ranking of teams differently on the basis of television exposure: The more often a team is televised, relative to the total number of own- and opponent-televised games, the greater the change in the number of AP votes that team receives, even after accounting for own and opponent's on-field performance.

Key Words: college football rankings • sports rankings • rankings bias • sports television exposure

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