Jamal St. Cyr
AP Top 25 voter, 2025–2026 · WJXT-TV (opens in a new tab) · @jstcyrtv on X (opens in a new tab)
Each pick shows where AP’s poll ranked the team that week.
2026
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Week 5September 27 |  1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll |  2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll |  3. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll |  4. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll |  5. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll |  6. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  7. Florida, No. 8 in the AP poll |  8. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll |  9. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll |  10. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll |  11. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll |  12. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll |  13. Iowa, No. 14 in the AP poll |  14. Oregon, No. 15 in the AP poll |  15. Mississippi State, No. 16 in the AP poll |  16. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll |  17. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll |  18. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll |  19. Houston, No. 20 in the AP poll |  20. Kentucky, No. 24 in the AP poll |  21. USC, No. 18 in the AP poll |  22. Wisconsin, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Oklahoma State, No. 19 in the AP poll |  24. Boise State, No. 22 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. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Penn State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll |  17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll |  18. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll |  19. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Oregon, No. 20 in the AP poll |  21. Texas A&M, No. 23 in the AP poll |  22. Oklahoma, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Florida, No. 21 in the AP poll |  24. Washington, unranked in the AP poll |  25. West Virginia, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 13 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Indiana, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. LSU, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Penn State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Oregon, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Washington, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Iowa, No. 18 in the AP poll | 23. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Oklahoma, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Louisville, No. 23 in the AP poll |
| Week 2September 8 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Washington, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Penn State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, No. 24 in the AP poll |  25. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 17 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Washington, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Penn State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 16 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Iowa, No. 22 in the AP poll |  24. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Oklahoma State, 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. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Ole Miss, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 4 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. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll |  17. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll |  18. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll |  20. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll |  21. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll |  22. North Texas, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Washington, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Navy, No. 23 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. 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. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Tulane, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Georgia Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Navy, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Houston, unranked 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. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas Tech, No. 5 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. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Georgia Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 24. Navy, No. 23 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. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, 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. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 14 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. James Madison, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. North Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Navy, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Georgia Tech, No. 23 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. Texas Tech, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 5 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. Texas, No. 17 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. James Madison, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Tulane, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Houston, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. North Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. Navy, 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. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 17. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 21 in the AP poll |  20. Cincinnati, No. 22 in the AP poll |  21. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 24. James Madison, No. 24 in the AP poll |  25. South Florida, No. 25 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. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 3 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. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Houston, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  23. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Tennessee, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. James Madison, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 10October 26 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Vanderbilt, No. 9 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 9October 19 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll | 12. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll |  21. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Cincinnati, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, 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. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas A&M, No. 4 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. 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. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. South Florida, No. 19 in the AP poll |  23. UNLV, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Cincinnati, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 7October 5 | 1. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas A&M, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Indiana, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Tennessee, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Illinois, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Penn State, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Texas, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll |  23. Florida State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. UNLV, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 6September 28 | 1. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oklahoma, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Florida State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. BYU, No. 23 in the AP poll |  23. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Notre Dame, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, 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. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Oklahoma, No. 7 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. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. USC, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll |  23. UCF, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Notre Dame, No. 22 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. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 24 in the AP poll | 17. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 20. Auburn, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll |  22. South Carolina, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Clemson, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Arizona State, 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. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. South Carolina, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Texas A&M, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Indiana, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Texas Tech, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Auburn, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Alabama, No. 19 in the AP poll | 24. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, 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. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Ole Miss, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Texas Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Florida State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 25. Alabama, No. 21 in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 11 | 1. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 4. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 5. LSU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 7. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 8. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 4 in the AP poll | 12. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 15. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Boise State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Indiana, No. 20 in the AP poll |  19. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Florida, No. 15 in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, No. 11 in the AP poll |  25. Colorado, unranked in the AP poll |