Sept. 4, 2011

A nationwide media panel has been created to honor the most outstanding weekly performances among players at the four independent FBS institutions: Army, BYU, Navy and Notre Dame. Each week, players will be honored for contributions on Offense, Defense and Special Teams.

The voting panel comprises an equal number of media members from each market in which the respective independent football programs are located. A select number of national media members have also been included on the panel. Ties in any particular award category would result in "Co-Player of the Week" honors.

The weekly award winners will be announced at 10 a.m. ET each Monday morning (the initial awards release will be issued on Tuesday, September 6th in honor of the Labor Day holiday).