The AP poll is voted on by sportswriters. While the placement of teams might generate some heated debate among fans on sports talk radio, in campus dorm rooms, around the watercooler, at the local coffee shop or local sports emporium, it is necessary to note that the AP poll is for entertainment purposes only. Unlike during the BCS era, the AP poll no longer factors into the arithmetic of which teams get to play for the national championship. Complicated formulas factoring in polls and computer rankings have zero bearing on the four-team College Football Playoff field, which instead will be determined by a 13-person selection committee.