Johnny McGonigal
AP Top 25 voter, 2024–2025 · Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (opens in a new tab) · @jmcgonigal9 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. 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. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 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. 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. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Texas, No. 14 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. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. North Texas, No. 23 in the AP poll |  22. Georgia Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll |  23. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Navy, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. Houston, 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. Texas A&M, 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. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Georgia Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll |  25. UNLV, 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. Miami, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll |  19. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll |  20. Pittsburgh, No. 24 in the AP poll | 21. Georgia Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll |  22. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 23. North Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. James Madison, No. 20 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. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. North Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Tulane, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. James Madison, No. 21 in the AP poll |  23. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. SMU, unranked 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. Texas Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 7 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. Georgia Tech, No. 14 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. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll |  18. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll |  20. Cincinnati, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll |  23. South Florida, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. North Texas, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, 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. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. BYU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 12. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Texas, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Cincinnati, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  23. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. South Florida, unranked in the AP poll | 25. North Texas, 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. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Vanderbilt, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Oregon, No. 6 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. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Utah, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. South Florida, unranked in the AP poll | 25. North Texas, unranked 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. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Cincinnati, No. 21 in the AP poll |  21. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Arizona State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Utah, 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. Texas A&M, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 23 in the AP poll | 17. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. South Florida, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Virginia, No. 18 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. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 9 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. Illinois, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Cincinnati, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll |  25. Florida State, No. 25 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. Texas A&M, No. 6 in the AP poll |  7. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll |  13. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 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. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Arizona State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. BYU, No. 23 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. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Oklahoma, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. LSU, No. 4 in the AP poll | 8. Indiana, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Florida State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 15 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. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. USC, No. 21 in the AP poll |  22. TCU, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 25. South Florida, 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 18. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Indiana, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. South Carolina, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 25. South Florida, 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. Oregon, No. 4 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. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. South Carolina, No. 11 in the AP poll |  14. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Texas Tech, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Ole Miss, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Indiana, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Texas A&M, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Auburn, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 2September 2 | 1. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 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. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll |  13. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Florida State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Alabama, No. 21 in the AP poll | 17. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, No. 25 in the AP poll | 20. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Texas Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Ole Miss, No. 20 in the AP poll | 24. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 11 | 1. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Clemson, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Illinois, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Florida, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Arizona State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Indiana, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll |  19. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. Texas Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Tennessee, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll |  25. Boise State, No. 25 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. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 4 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. Tennessee, No. 9 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. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Illinois, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll |  20. Syracuse, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Navy, unranked in the AP poll |  22. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Memphis, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, No. 22 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. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Boise State, No. 8 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. Army, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Syracuse, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll |  23. Duke, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Marshall, unranked in the AP poll | 25. UNLV, No. 24 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. SMU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Boise State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Arizona State, No. 12 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. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Syracuse, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. UNLV, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Duke, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Army, No. 24 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. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 5 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. SMU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Boise State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Arizona State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. BYU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. South Carolina, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. UNLV, No. 21 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. 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. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Colorado, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Tulane, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, 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. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. BYU, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 6 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. SMU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Boise State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Army, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Colorado, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, No. 25 in the AP poll | 21. LSU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. South Carolina, No. 23 in the AP poll |  23. Washington State, No. 19 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, No. 22 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. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Clemson, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Washington State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 25. South Carolina, unranked 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. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Pittsburgh, No. 18 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Ole Miss, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Navy, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, 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. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Clemson, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Iowa State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Pittsburgh, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Illinois, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Army, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Navy, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Vanderbilt, No. 25 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. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Iowa State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Pittsburgh, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Indiana, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Army, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Navy, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. Vanderbilt, unranked 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. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Tennessee, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Indiana, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Pittsburgh, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Army, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Navy, unranked 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. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Georgia, No. 5 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. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 12 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. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Utah, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Oklahoma, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Boise State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Pittsburgh, unranked in the AP poll | 25. UNLV, No. 25 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. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Utah, No. 10 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. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Louisville, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Illinois, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Oklahoma, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. BYU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Kansas State, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Boise State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Pittsburgh, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Indiana, 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. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Missouri, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Kansas State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 8 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. Notre Dame, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Nebraska, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Washington State, unranked 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. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Missouri, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Kansas State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Clemson, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Nebraska, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 24. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Boise State, 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. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Utah, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll |  19. Kansas, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. LSU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Georgia Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Texas A&M, unranked 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. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Miami, No. 19 in the AP poll | 24. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll |