Blair Kerkhoff
AP Top 25 voter, 2024–2025 · Kansas City Star (opens in a new tab) · @BlairKerkhoff on X (opens in a new tab)
Each pick shows where AP’s poll ranked the team that week.
2025
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| FinalJanuary 20 |  1. Indiana, No. 1 in the AP poll |  2. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll |  3. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll |  4. Ole Miss, No. 3 in the AP poll |  5. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll |  7. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll |  8. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll |  9. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll |  10. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll |  11. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll |  12. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll |  13. Texas, No. 12 in the AP poll |  14. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll |  15. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll |  16. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll |  17. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll |  18. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  19. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  20. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll |  21. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll |  22. TCU, No. 25 in the AP poll |  23. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll |  24. North Texas, No. 24 in the AP poll |  25. Illinois, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 16December 7 | 1. Indiana, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas Tech, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll |  18. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Tulane, No. 17 in the AP poll |  20. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Navy, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll |  23. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll |  24. Georgia Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll |  25. Tennessee, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 15November 30 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Texas Tech, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Tennessee, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 14November 23 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. James Madison, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. North Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll |  22. Pittsburgh, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Georgia Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, No. 22 in the AP poll |  25. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| Week 13November 16 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Texas Tech, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. James Madison, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. North Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Houston, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| Week 12November 9 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Tennessee, No. 21 in the AP poll |  21. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll |  22. Cincinnati, No. 22 in the AP poll |  23. South Florida, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. James Madison, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 11November 2 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Tennessee, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll |  23. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Cincinnati, No. 25 in the AP poll |  25. San Diego State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 10October 26 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Vanderbilt, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Utah, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| Week 9October 19 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll |  16. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Cincinnati, No. 21 in the AP poll |  23. Arizona State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Houston, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 8October 12 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Indiana, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 17. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. South Florida, No. 19 in the AP poll |  23. Nebraska, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Cincinnati, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Utah, No. 23 in the AP poll |
| Week 7October 5 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Missouri, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Illinois, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Texas, unranked in the AP poll |  22. Penn State, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Cincinnati, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll |  25. Florida State, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| Week 6September 28 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Oklahoma, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Georgia Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Florida State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Notre Dame, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. BYU, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Utah, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 5September 21 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. LSU, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Florida State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Indiana, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. Notre Dame, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. BYU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. USC, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll |  25. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 14 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Indiana, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 19. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. South Carolina, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Georgia Tech, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. Notre Dame, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Auburn, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 7 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. South Carolina, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll |  13. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Texas A&M, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Indiana, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 21. Texas Tech, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. BYU, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 2September 2 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 12. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll |  14. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Florida State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Alabama, No. 21 in the AP poll | 17. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 25 in the AP poll | 19. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 24. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. Texas Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 11 | 1. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Clemson, No. 4 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Arizona State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Illinois, No. 12 in the AP poll |  15. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Florida, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Indiana, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 19. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Ole Miss, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll |  25. Boise State, No. 25 in the AP poll |
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. Tennessee, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Boise State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Arizona State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Illinois, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll |  18. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. Syracuse, No. 20 in the AP poll |  23. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Memphis, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Kansas State, 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. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Arizona State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Boise State, 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. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll |  20. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Army, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Syracuse, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. UNLV, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 15December 1 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. SMU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Boise State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. UNLV, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Army, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Syracuse, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, No. 25 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. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Boise State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. SMU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Arizona State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. South Carolina, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. BYU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. UNLV, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. Army, No. 25 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. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Colorado, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Tulane, No. 20 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. Memphis, unranked 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. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. BYU, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Georgia, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Boise State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. SMU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Army, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Colorado, No. 18 in the AP poll |  19. Washington State, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. LSU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. South Carolina, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 11November 3 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 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. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Penn State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Washington State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Kansas State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Colorado, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Vanderbilt, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 10October 27 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Clemson, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Pittsburgh, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Washington State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 9October 20 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Iowa State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Clemson, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Pittsburgh, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. SMU, No. 22 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Iowa State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Indiana, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 20. Pittsburgh, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. SMU, No. 21 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. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 17. Indiana, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 23. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Pittsburgh, No. 22 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Tennessee, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Clemson, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Texas A&M, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Boise State, No. 21 in the AP poll |  25. Kentucky, unranked 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. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Utah, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Penn State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Michigan, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Oklahoma, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 19 in the AP poll |  21. Oklahoma State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. BYU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Texas A&M, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Kansas State, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Indiana, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 15 | 1. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 1 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. Missouri, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Kansas State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Notre Dame, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Clemson, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Nebraska, No. 22 in the AP poll |  23. Northern Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 24 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. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 18 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. Clemson, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Nebraska, No. 23 in the AP poll |  24. Boston College, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Northern Illinois, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| Week 2September 3 | 1. Georgia, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Utah, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Clemson, No. 25 in the AP poll |  21. Kansas, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Texas A&M, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll |  25. NC State, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 12 | 1. Georgia, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Michigan, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Miami, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 20. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Kansas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. NC State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll |