Harris Interactive Poll
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Harris Interactive Poll is a major public opinion survey conducted by the Harris Interactive market research firm, known for its role in ranking college football teams in the Bowl Championship Series era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harris Interactive | 2 |
| Harris Interactive Poll canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2682435 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harris Interactive Poll Context triple: [BCS, humanPoll, Harris Interactive Poll]
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A.
Pollster.com
Pollster.com is a political polling aggregation and analysis website co-founded by Charles Franklin that compiles and visualizes public opinion data, particularly around elections.
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B.
Marquette Law School Poll
The Marquette Law School Poll is a widely cited public opinion survey program known for its in-depth, methodologically rigorous polling on Wisconsin and national political issues.
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C.
American National Election Studies
The American National Election Studies is a long-running, authoritative research program that conducts in-depth surveys of U.S. voters to analyze political attitudes, behavior, and electoral outcomes.
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D.
Rasmussen Reports
Rasmussen Reports is an American polling and survey research firm known for its public opinion polls on politics, elections, and current events.
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E.
George Gallup
George Gallup was an American pioneer of public opinion polling and the founder of the Gallup organization, which became globally influential in measuring and analyzing public attitudes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harris Interactive Poll Target entity description: Harris Interactive Poll is a major public opinion survey conducted by the Harris Interactive market research firm, known for its role in ranking college football teams in the Bowl Championship Series era.
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A.
Pollster.com
Pollster.com is a political polling aggregation and analysis website co-founded by Charles Franklin that compiles and visualizes public opinion data, particularly around elections.
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B.
Marquette Law School Poll
The Marquette Law School Poll is a widely cited public opinion survey program known for its in-depth, methodologically rigorous polling on Wisconsin and national political issues.
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C.
American National Election Studies
The American National Election Studies is a long-running, authoritative research program that conducts in-depth surveys of U.S. voters to analyze political attitudes, behavior, and electoral outcomes.
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D.
Rasmussen Reports
Rasmussen Reports is an American polling and survey research firm known for its public opinion polls on politics, elections, and current events.
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E.
George Gallup
George Gallup was an American pioneer of public opinion polling and the founder of the Gallup organization, which became globally influential in measuring and analyzing public attitudes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BCS ranking component
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college football poll ⓘ human opinion survey ⓘ |
| componentOf |
BCS
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surface form:
BCS formula
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dataType | human voter rankings ⓘ |
| endTime | 2013 ⓘ |
| inceptionContext | created after AP requested removal from BCS formula ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| league |
Football Bowl Subdivision
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surface form:
NCAA Division I FBS
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| notableFor |
replacing media poll in official BCS calculations
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role in determining BCS national championship game participants ⓘ |
| numberOfVoters | approximately 114 ⓘ |
| operator |
Harris Interactive Poll
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Harris Interactive
|
| pollFrequency | weekly during the college football season ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harris Interactive Poll
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Harris Interactive
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| rankingRange | top 25 teams ⓘ |
| reasonForEnd | discontinuation of the BCS system ⓘ |
| replaced | AP Poll in the BCS formula ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
College Football Playoff Selection Committee
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surface form:
College Football Playoff selection committee rankings
|
| selectionMethod |
panel of college football administrators
ⓘ
panel of former coaches ⓘ panel of former players ⓘ panel of media members ⓘ |
| sport | college football ⓘ |
| startTime | 2005 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
determining BCS standings
ⓘ
ranking NCAA Division I FBS college football teams ⓘ |
| usedInSystem | Bowl Championship Series ⓘ |
| weightInBCSFormula | one-third of the BCS standings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harris Interactive Poll Description of subject: Harris Interactive Poll is a major public opinion survey conducted by the Harris Interactive market research firm, known for its role in ranking college football teams in the Bowl Championship Series era.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Harris Interactive
this entity surface form:
Harris Interactive