Dave Preston
AP Top 25 voter, 2024–2026 · WTOP (opens in a new tab) · @davpresto on X (opens in a new tab)
Each pick shows where AP’s poll ranked the team that week.
2026
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| Week 5September 27 |  1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll |  2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll |  3. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll |  4. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  5. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll |  6. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll |  7. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll |  8. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll |  9. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll |  10. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll |  11. Iowa, No. 14 in the AP poll |  12. Florida, No. 8 in the AP poll |  13. Kentucky, No. 24 in the AP poll |  14. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll |  15. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll |  16. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll |  17. Oregon, No. 15 in the AP poll |  18. USC, No. 18 in the AP poll |  19. Mississippi State, No. 16 in the AP poll |  20. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll |  21. Duke, unranked in the AP poll |  22. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll |  23. Pittsburgh, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Wisconsin, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Penn State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 20 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Penn State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll |  15. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Kentucky, unranked in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll |  19. Texas A&M, No. 23 in the AP poll |  20. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. West Virginia, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Florida, No. 21 in the AP poll |  25. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 13 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Indiana, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 7 in the AP poll | 14. Penn State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa, No. 18 in the AP poll |  20. Virginia, No. 25 in the AP poll |  21. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. Washington, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll |  25. Oklahoma, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 2September 8 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Penn State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 17. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Washington, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll |  21. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll |  25. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 17 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 5. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Penn State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. SMU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Washington, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Utah, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Iowa, No. 22 in the AP poll |  24. Clemson, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked in the AP poll |
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. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll |  14. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll |  17. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll |  18. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll |  19. TCU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 20. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  21. North Texas, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. SMU, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  25. Hawai'i, 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. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Texas Tech, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 14 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. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Tulane, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll |  22. New Mexico, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll |  24. Georgia Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Navy, No. 22 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. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Virginia, 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. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. New Mexico, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Georgia Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll |
| Week 14November 23 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Virginia, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Tulane, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. James Madison, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. North Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll |  23. UNLV, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Georgia Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll |  25. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 13November 16 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. James Madison, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. North Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. UNLV, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Texas, No. 17 in the AP poll |
| Week 12November 9 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 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. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Tennessee, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. James Madison, No. 24 in the AP poll |  24. South Florida, No. 25 in the AP poll |  25. Cincinnati, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 11November 2 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 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. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Texas, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Tennessee, No. 23 in the AP poll |  22. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Pittsburgh, unranked in the AP poll | 24. James Madison, unranked in the AP poll |  25. San Diego State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 10October 26 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 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. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Vanderbilt, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 21. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Utah, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Oklahoma, No. 18 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Cincinnati, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Arizona State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Boise State, 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. Georgia, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Cincinnati, No. 24 in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. South Florida, No. 19 in the AP poll |  24. Nebraska, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked 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. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Missouri, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Tennessee, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Penn State, unranked in the AP poll | 16. BYU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll |  22. Illinois, No. 17 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Cincinnati, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Iowa State, No. 22 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. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 5 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll |  16. Florida State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Georgia Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 20. BYU, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Notre Dame, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Arizona State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll |  24. Maryland, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Virginia, No. 24 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 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. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 7 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 13. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. BYU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Notre Dame, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. TCU, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Maryland, 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 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. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Indiana, No. 19 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. BYU, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 21. Notre Dame, No. 24 in the AP poll |  22. Auburn, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked 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. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll |  7. South Carolina, No. 11 in the AP poll | 8. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Alabama, No. 19 in the AP poll | 14. Indiana, No. 22 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, unranked in the AP poll | 16. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Florida, unranked in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 21. Ole Miss, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Texas Tech, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Navy, 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. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 8. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 13. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Florida State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 21 in the AP poll | 16. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, unranked in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Ole Miss, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Texas Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 11 | 1. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Clemson, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. LSU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Arizona State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Illinois, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Florida, No. 15 in the AP poll |  15. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Indiana, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, unranked in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 24 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 22. Ole Miss, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Texas Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked 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. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Boise State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Arizona State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Tennessee, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll |  14. Syracuse, No. 20 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Navy, unranked in the AP poll |  18. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Memphis, No. 24 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. Ole Miss, No. 11 in the AP poll | 22. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 23. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll |  24. Colorado, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll |
| Week 16December 8 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Boise State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 8. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Arizona State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. South Carolina, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Army, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Syracuse, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Duke, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. UNLV, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Iowa State, No. 18 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. Boise State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. SMU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll | 9. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Syracuse, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Duke, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Army, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Illinois, No. 21 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. Boise State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. SMU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. South Carolina, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Duke, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Syracuse, 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. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 4 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. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. SMU, No. 13 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. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Colorado, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Duke, unranked in the AP poll | 25. James Madison, 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. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. BYU, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Boise State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Georgia, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 8 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. Washington State, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Colorado, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, unranked in the AP poll | 21. LSU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. South Carolina, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Kansas State, No. 20 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. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Penn State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Washington State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. South Carolina, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Pittsburgh, No. 23 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. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Pittsburgh, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. LSU, No. 16 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. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked 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. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 11. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Iowa State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Navy, No. 24 in the AP poll | 18. Pittsburgh, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Kansas State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Army, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 8October 13 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 4. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Indiana, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 16. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Navy, No. 25 in the AP poll | 18. Pittsburgh, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll |  23. Arkansas, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Oklahoma, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 7October 6 | 1. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 17. Indiana, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 19. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 20. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Pittsburgh, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. Arkansas, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Washington, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 6September 29 | 1. Texas, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Alabama, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 18 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 19 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 18. Boise State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Clemson, No. 15 in the AP poll | 21. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 24. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 25. James Madison, 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. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 6. Utah, No. 10 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Tennessee, No. 5 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Penn State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Louisville, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma, No. 21 in the AP poll |  16. Oklahoma State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Boise State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 20. BYU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Indiana, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Boston College, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 19 in the AP poll | 25. Kansas State, No. 23 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. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 6. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 10. Penn State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 13. Kansas State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Notre Dame, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Clemson, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Indiana, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Boston College, unranked in the AP poll | 24. BYU, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Nebraska, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 8 | 1. Georgia, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 6. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Boston College, No. 24 in the AP poll | 18. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Notre Dame, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll | 22. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Clemson, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. BYU, unranked in the AP poll | 25. TCU, unranked 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. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Utah, No. 11 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 9. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll | 12. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 20. Boston College, unranked in the AP poll | 21. SMU, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll |  23. UTSA, unranked in the AP poll | 24. LSU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 25. Clemson, No. 25 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. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Michigan, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 19 in the AP poll | 12. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Iowa, No. 25 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 17. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 19. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Oklahoma, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. UTSA, unranked in the AP poll | 22. SMU, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 25. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll |