...war against terrorist leaders and their murderous networks. And to a large extent, because of instant feedback, the media polls are measuring the impact of the media's own words. The news people feed information and their own opinions to the...

...us out tremendously.'' Not necessarily in the polls. USC received 52 first-place votes and 1,611 points in the media poll. Oklahoma had 10 first-place votes and 1,555 points. No. 3 Auburn was idle but got a slight bump. The Tigers...

...vision. That became considerably harder to do last December, when The Associated Press told the BCS to stop using its media poll as one of three equally weighted components in determining the BCS rankings. That poll, along with the USA Today...

...Zione White and post player Jerry Echenique, who also averaged double figures. Oklahoma was picked in coaches and media polls to finish fourth in the conference with a relatively young lineup. Kevin Bookout, 6-8 forward who played in only...