Jordan McPherson
AP Top 25 voter, 2024–2025 · Miami Herald (opens in a new tab) · @J_McPherson1126 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. Ole Miss, No. 3 in the AP poll |  4. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  5. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll |  6. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll |  7. Texas Tech, No. 7 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. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll |  13. Texas, No. 12 in the AP poll |  14. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll |  15. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll |  16. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll |  17. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll |  18. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  19. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll |  20. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll |  21. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll |  22. North Texas, No. 24 in the AP poll |  23. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  24. Georgia Tech, unranked in the AP poll |  25. TCU, No. 25 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. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 12 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. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. North Texas, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Navy, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. Georgia Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll |  25. Duke, 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. Texas Tech, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, 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. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 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. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. Georgia Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll |  25. New Mexico, 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. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 5 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. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. James Madison, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Tulane, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Georgia Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll |  22. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll |  23. Pittsburgh, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. North Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll |  25. Wake Forest, unranked 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. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Texas, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. James Madison, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Tulane, No. 24 in the AP poll |  22. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 24. North Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll |  25. Missouri, No. 23 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. Georgia Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Tennessee, No. 21 in the AP poll |  23. Cincinnati, No. 22 in the AP poll |  24. South Florida, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. James Madison, No. 24 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. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia Tech, No. 16 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. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  20. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Tennessee, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  23. Washington, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. South Florida, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Cincinnati, No. 25 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. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 10. Vanderbilt, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Washington, unranked in the AP poll | 24. South Florida, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Utah, No. 24 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. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll | 14. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll |  17. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll | 21. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Cincinnati, No. 21 in the AP poll |
| Week 8October 12 | 1. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 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. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Georgia, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Georgia Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Virginia, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. South Florida, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 21. Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Illinois, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 7October 5 | 1. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Georgia, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Illinois, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. BYU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, No. 23 in the AP poll |  22. Florida State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 24. Cincinnati, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Nebraska, unranked 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. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas A&M, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Oklahoma, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll |  8. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 14. Florida State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll |  17. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Notre Dame, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Virginia, No. 24 in the AP poll |  24. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. USC, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 5September 21 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. LSU, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Florida State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Indiana, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 19. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 20. USC, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Notre Dame, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 25. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 14 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 3. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Texas, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 18 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 17. Indiana, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Auburn, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Notre Dame, No. 24 in the AP poll |  22. NC State, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 24. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, 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. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 4. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll |  8. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll |  10. South Carolina, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Ole Miss, No. 17 in the AP poll | 13. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Indiana, No. 22 in the AP poll | 16. Alabama, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Texas A&M, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 21. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Auburn, No. 24 in the AP poll |  23. SMU, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Florida, 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. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 14. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 15. Florida State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Alabama, No. 21 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll | 21. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 23. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 11 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 2 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. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. LSU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Florida, No. 15 in the AP poll | 12. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Arizona State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Indiana, No. 20 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 21 in the AP poll | 17. Illinois, No. 12 in the AP poll | 18. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 14 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll |  21. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Tennessee, No. 24 in the AP poll |  23. Boise State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 25. USC, 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. 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. 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. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll |  19. Syracuse, No. 20 in the AP poll |  20. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 16 in the AP poll | 22. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll |  23. Colorado, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Florida, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 16December 8 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ohio State, No. 6 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. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. South Carolina, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Syracuse, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Army, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Duke, unranked 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. SMU, No. 8 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. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Syracuse, No. 23 in the AP poll |  21. UNLV, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Duke, unranked 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. SMU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Boise State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Arizona State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll | 15. South Carolina, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. BYU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. UNLV, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Illinois, No. 22 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. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Boise State, No. 12 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. Tulane, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Washington State, No. 25 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. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. BYU, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Indiana, No. 5 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. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Army, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Washington State, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Tulane, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Iowa 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. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, 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. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 17. Clemson, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Kansas State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Washington State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Colorado, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Vanderbilt, No. 24 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. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Clemson, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Pittsburgh, No. 18 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. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, 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. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 8. Clemson, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Kansas State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 17. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Pittsburgh, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Vanderbilt, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Navy, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Army, No. 23 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 14. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 19. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Pittsburgh, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Indiana, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Oklahoma, unranked 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. Georgia, No. 5 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. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 13. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 19. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 21. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 22. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 23. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Indiana, No. 18 in the AP poll | 25. Pittsburgh, No. 22 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. Tennessee, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Clemson, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 16. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Texas A&M, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Boise State, No. 21 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. 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. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Penn State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Utah, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma, No. 21 in the AP poll | 16. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll |  17. Oklahoma State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Kansas State, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, No. 15 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 23. BYU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Texas A&M, No. 24 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. 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. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Penn State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Oklahoma State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Clemson, No. 21 in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll |  19. Northern Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Notre Dame, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Texas A&M, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Syracuse, 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. 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. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 6 in the AP poll | 11. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 17 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Oklahoma State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 17. Clemson, No. 22 in the AP poll | 18. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Northern Illinois, No. 25 in the AP poll | 21. Notre Dame, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Texas A&M, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll |  24. Kansas, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Syracuse, 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. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 25 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Oklahoma State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Texas A&M, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. NC State, No. 24 in the AP poll |  25. Iowa, No. 21 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. Alabama, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Michigan, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 16. Oklahoma, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Miami, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Kansas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 24. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. NC State, No. 24 in the AP poll |