The College Football Playoff has rendered the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls mostly inconsequential, but they're not going anywhere soon. The weekly release of top 25 rankings still draws significant interest from fans debating the merits of teams, even though the CFP selection committee rankings alone carry weight in identifying the postseason national championship contenders. College football polls can still be fun, even if they aren't particularly useful.
Ballots still serve a critical role in determining most individual postseason awards, of course. The Heisman Trophy voting process, for example, asks each of its 929 voters (media members and former Heisman trophy winners) to submit a ballot with the names of that voter's first-, second-, and third-place choice for the award.