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And officials pulled the plug on it after the 1980 season, just the same, citing financial concerns.
The criteria for being included in this historical list of poll selectors is that the poll be national in scope, either through distribution in newspaper, television, radio and/or computer online. The list includes both former selectors, who were instrumental in the sport of college football, and selectors who were among the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) selectors.
In 1948, the Helms Athletic Foundation decided to name a national champion … and name past champions. The director of Helms since its beginning, Bill Schroeder, did the work, and he jokingly heads the committee that selects No. 1 after the bowl games. 'A committee of one – me,' he says.
The SMU Athletic Department told me that the baseball program was shut down for financial reasons.
It was SMU that won the V8, knocking off the Knights for the first time in five years.
