Sentence examples for poll of writers from inspiring English sources

The Crimson was chosen in a poll of writers to repeat as champion, followed by Brown, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Columbia.

That's because Notre Dame (7-1), whadh had been ranked second in the Associated Press poll of writers and broadcasters, and third behind Nebraska in the United Press International coaches' poll, beat Navy, 52-31.

The 1974 Sooners, ranked first in The Associated Press poll of writers and broadcasters, were ineligible for the United Press International poll of coaches because of the probation status imposed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Seventeen turnovers have not helped, either, as Miami now finds itself falling to No. 2 in the Associated Press poll of writers and broadcasters and to No. 3 in the Bowl Championship Series rating.

The lesscluttered formula consists of the Associated Press poll of writers, the ESPN/USA Today poll of coaches and the tally from a combination of six computer polls, with the highest and lowest rankings dropped.

But Alabama opened its season by thrashing a promising California team, 66-0, and quickly climbed to No. 4 in the rankings, which were split then between a coaches poll administered by United Press International and a poll of writers overseen by The Associated Press.

In an HBO poll of fight writers immediately afterwards, 46% gave it to Márquez, 42% called it even and only 12% thought Pacquiao won.

The restaurant has been presented with some of the industry's highest awards and anointed one of the world's 50 best restaurants in a closely followed poll of chefs, writers and other insiders.

Released in 1972, "Frenzy" has been partly forgotten, put into half-shadow by the extraordinary popularity of "Psycho" (1960) and the extraordinary renown of "Vertigo" (1958), a movie that, in a recent international poll of eight hundred and fifty writers, academics, distributors, programmers, and critics, displaced "Citizen Kane" as the greatest film ever made.

A fair share of the demand and attention flows from Noma's anointment in April as the best restaurant in the world, at least according to an annual poll of food writers, prominent restaurateurs and other industry insiders conducted by San Pellegrino, the Italian mineral-water company.

Johnson is the consensus pick to win it all again in 2010, having been chosen in a recent poll of racing writers and in Las Vegas, where odds makers installed him as a 5-2 favorite going into the season-opening Daytona 500 on Sunday.