Bill Oram
AP Top 25 voter, 2024 · The Oregonian (opens in a new tab) · @billoram on X (opens in a new tab)
Each pick shows where AP’s poll ranked the team that week.
2024
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| FinalJanuary 20 |  1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll |  2. Notre Dame, No. 2 in the AP poll |  3. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll |  4. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll |  5. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll |  7. Arizona State, No. 7 in the AP poll |  8. Tennessee, No. 9 in the AP poll |  9. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll |  10. Boise State, No. 8 in the AP poll |  11. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll |  12. Iowa State, No. 15 in the AP poll |  13. Ole Miss, No. 11 in the AP poll |  14. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll |  15. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll |  16. Illinois, No. 16 in the AP poll |  17. Syracuse, No. 20 in the AP poll |  18. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll |  19. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll |  20. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll |  21. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. Memphis, No. 24 in the AP poll |  23. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll |  24. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll |  25. Michigan, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 16December 8 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Boise State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Arizona State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. South Carolina, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll |  19. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Army, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll |  23. Texas A&M, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Syracuse, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 15December 1 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Boise State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. SMU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. UNLV, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Texas A&M, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Syracuse, No. 23 in the AP poll |
| Week 14November 24 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Boise State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 8. SMU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Arizona State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. South Carolina, No. 16 in the AP poll |  16. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. UNLV, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. BYU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll |  25. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 13November 17 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 12. Colorado, No. 16 in the AP poll | 13. Tennessee, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Tulane, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Washington State, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| Week 12November 10 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. BYU, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Boise State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Washington State, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Colorado, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. South Carolina, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Army, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. Tulane, No. 25 in the AP poll |  22. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll |  24. LSU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Missouri, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 11November 3 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Clemson, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 17. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Washington State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Vanderbilt, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Kansas State, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 10October 27 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll |  19. Pittsburgh, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Washington State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 9October 20 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Clemson, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Alabama, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Illinois, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Kansas State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Pittsburgh, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Vanderbilt, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Army, No. 23 in the AP poll |  25. Navy, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 8October 13 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Indiana, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Pittsburgh, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Vanderbilt, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Army, No. 23 in the AP poll |
| Week 7October 6 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 18. Indiana, No. 18 in the AP poll |  19. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll |  20. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Pittsburgh, No. 22 in the AP poll |  24. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Army, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 6September 29 | 1. Alabama, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Tennessee, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Clemson, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Boise State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Oklahoma, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. UNLV, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Texas A&M, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 5September 22 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Tennessee, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Utah, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Penn State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Michigan, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll |  14. Oklahoma State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma, No. 21 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Illinois, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, No. 15 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. BYU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Kansas State, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Washington State, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Nebraska, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 15 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Penn State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Kansas State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Nebraska, No. 22 in the AP poll | 16. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Notre Dame, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Clemson, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Washington State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 8 | 1. Georgia, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Missouri, No. 6 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 18 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll |  19. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Clemson, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Iowa State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Nebraska, No. 23 in the AP poll |  24. Boston College, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll |