USA Today Coaches Poll Observations: Notre Dame

After looking over the coaches that are participating in the USA Today Poll there were two things that immediately came to my mind. First: Why don't all of the coaches in the BCS conferences vote? Second: Why is Notre Dame eligible to vote? Why Should Charlie Weis whose team is not in a conference vote and our own Mike Stoops whose Arizona Wildcats are in the Pac-10 does not? Take a look at this: This is the front page of BCSfootball.org