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