Chad Bishop
AP Top 25 voter, 2025 · Atlanta Journal-Constitution (opens in a new tab) · @mrchadbishop 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. Ole Miss, No. 3 in the AP poll |  4. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll |  5. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  6. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll |  7. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll |  8. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll |  9. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll |  10. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll |  11. Texas, No. 12 in the AP poll |  12. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll |  13. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll |  14. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll |  15. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll |  16. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll |  17. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll |  18. North Texas, No. 24 in the AP poll |  19. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll |  20. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll |  21. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  23. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  24. Wake Forest, unranked in the AP poll |  25. TCU, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| Week 16December 7 | 1. Indiana, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Texas Tech, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Texas A&M, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 12 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. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. North Texas, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Navy, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Houston, unranked in the AP poll |  24. South Florida, unranked in the AP poll |  25. UConn, 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. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas Tech, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll |  23. UNLV, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. South Florida, 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. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 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. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 17 in the AP poll |  18. Georgia Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 19. North Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll |  20. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. James Madison, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Tulane, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll |  24. San Diego State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked 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. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 12 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. North Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. James Madison, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Houston, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. San Diego State, unranked 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. Texas Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 15 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. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll |  21. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. South Florida, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. James Madison, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. North Texas, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Houston, unranked 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll |  16. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Texas, No. 13 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll |  23. Cincinnati, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. North Texas, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Pittsburgh, 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Vanderbilt, No. 9 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. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. North Texas, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Michigan, No. 21 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. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Cincinnati, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll |  22. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Houston, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 8October 12 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Indiana, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Texas A&M, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Georgia, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. South Florida, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Utah, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 23. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  24. Nebraska, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Cincinnati, No. 24 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. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas A&M, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Indiana, No. 7 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. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll |  18. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. Memphis, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. UNLV, unranked in the AP poll | 22. South Florida, No. 24 in the AP poll |  23. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 25. TCU, unranked 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. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Texas A&M, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Oklahoma, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll |  9. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll |  18. Florida State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll |  21. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Notre Dame, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. BYU, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 25. North Texas, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 5September 21 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. LSU, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Florida State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Indiana, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. USC, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Maryland, unranked in the AP poll | 25. North Texas, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 14 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 2 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. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Texas, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 12. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Indiana, No. 19 in the AP poll |  17. Auburn, No. 22 in the AP poll | 18. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 19. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Georgia Tech, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 25 in the AP poll |  23. South Carolina, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 25. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 7 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Penn State, No. 2 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. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Texas A&M, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 23 in the AP poll | 19. Indiana, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Alabama, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Texas Tech, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. BYU, unranked in the AP poll |  24. SMU, unranked in the AP poll | 25. South Florida, No. 18 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. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll |  10. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Alabama, No. 21 in the AP poll | 18. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Ole Miss, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Texas Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Utah, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 25. BYU, unranked in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 11 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Clemson, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. LSU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, unranked in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 11. Utah, unranked in the AP poll |  12. Boise State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 13. Florida, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Illinois, No. 12 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 21 in the AP poll |  17. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 14 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 23. James Madison, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Tennessee, No. 24 in the AP poll |