The close of the college football season brings one of the most entertaining events of the year: The public release of the final ballots in the USA Today/Coaches Top-25 poll.
The 63 ballots are kept private each week through the regular season — what stellar transparency! — so we are forced to wait until the very end to see the favoritism and hypocrisy in all their glory.
For example, Alabama coach Nick Saban voted his very own Crimson Tide second on the final ballot, behind Georgia — a full three spots above Alabama’s position in the poll.
Air Force coach Troy Calhoun followed Saban’s approach with his own team.