John Steppe
AP Top 25 voter, 2024 · Cedar Rapids Gazette (opens in a new tab) · @JSteppe1 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. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll |  4. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll |  5. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll |  7. Arizona State, No. 7 in the AP poll |  8. Boise State, No. 8 in the AP poll |  9. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll |  10. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll |  11. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll |  12. Tennessee, No. 9 in the AP poll |  13. Ole Miss, No. 11 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. Iowa State, No. 15 in the AP poll |  18. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll |  19. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll |  20. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll |  21. Syracuse, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll |  23. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll |  24. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll |  25. Memphis, No. 24 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. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 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. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. South Carolina, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll |  22. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Syracuse, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. UNLV, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Army, No. 19 in the AP poll |
| Week 15December 1 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Boise State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. SMU, 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. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Clemson, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. UNLV, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Colorado, No. 20 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. Notre Dame, No. 5 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. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Boise State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. SMU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Arizona State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. South Carolina, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 19 in the AP poll |  18. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll |  20. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. UNLV, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Missouri, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, unranked 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. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 4 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. 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. Colorado, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Tulane, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Illinois, No. 24 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. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 7 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. SMU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Boise State, 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. Colorado, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Army, No. 16 in the AP poll |  19. Washington State, No. 19 in the AP poll |  20. LSU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. South Carolina, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, No. 24 in the AP poll |  24. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 25. Arizona State, unranked 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. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 8. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 19 in the AP poll |  19. Vanderbilt, No. 24 in the AP poll | 20. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Washington State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Colorado, No. 21 in the AP poll |  23. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. South Carolina, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Louisville, No. 25 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. Texas, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Pittsburgh, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Ole Miss, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Vanderbilt, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Washington State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. Colorado, No. 23 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. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Iowa State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 9 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. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Pittsburgh, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Vanderbilt, No. 25 in the AP poll |  24. Navy, No. 24 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. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 10. Iowa State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, 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. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Indiana, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Pittsburgh, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll |  22. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Vanderbilt, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Illinois, No. 22 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. Tennessee, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll |  16. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll |  18. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Indiana, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Pittsburgh, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. Missouri, No. 21 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. Tennessee, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Ole Miss, No. 12 in the AP poll |  13. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Clemson, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Boise State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Oklahoma, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Texas A&M, No. 25 in the AP poll |  25. Boston College, 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. Tennessee, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Utah, No. 10 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. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Louisville, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Illinois, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. BYU, No. 22 in the AP poll |  21. Oklahoma State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Oklahoma, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Boise State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Boston College, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Pittsburgh, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 15 | 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. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 7. Missouri, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 8 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. Notre Dame, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Clemson, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Boston College, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Northern Illinois, No. 23 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. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Notre Dame, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Clemson, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Boston College, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, 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. Texas, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. LSU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll |  19. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Clemson, No. 25 in the AP poll | 21. Texas A&M, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll |  23. Kansas, No. 19 in the AP poll | 24. SMU, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, unranked 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. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 16 in the AP poll | 12. Michigan, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll |  14. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Miami, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. SMU, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll |