Louis Fernandez
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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. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  4. Oregon, No. 3 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. 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. Ole Miss, No. 11 in the AP poll |  12. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll |  13. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll |  14. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll |  15. Illinois, No. 16 in the AP poll |  16. Iowa State, No. 15 in the AP poll |  17. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll |  18. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll |  19. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll |  20. Syracuse, No. 20 in the AP poll |  21. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll |  22. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Memphis, No. 24 in the AP poll |  24. Missouri, No. 22 in the AP poll |  25. Colorado, No. 25 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. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Ohio State, No. 6 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. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. South Carolina, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 13 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll |  19. Army, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Syracuse, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. UNLV, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, No. 25 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. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. SMU, No. 8 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. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. UNLV, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Clemson, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Syracuse, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, 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. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. SMU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Boise State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. South Carolina, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Arizona State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll |  17. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. BYU, No. 19 in the AP poll |  19. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. UNLV, No. 21 in the AP poll |  23. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Army, No. 25 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. 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. Miami, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 16. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Colorado, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll |  23. Washington State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Iowa State, No. 22 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. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 6 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. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Boise State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. SMU, No. 14 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. Washington State, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. South Carolina, No. 23 in the AP poll |  23. LSU, No. 21 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. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Kansas State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Colorado, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Washington State, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Clemson, No. 19 in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, 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. Texas, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Clemson, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Pittsburgh, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. SMU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Ole Miss, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Washington State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Missouri, No. 25 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. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Iowa State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Illinois, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Alabama, No. 15 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 21 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. Washington State, 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Iowa State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll |  18. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 19. Indiana, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Pittsburgh, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll |  24. Iowa, 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. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Tennessee, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 17. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll |  19. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Indiana, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll |  22. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 23. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll |  25. Texas Tech, 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. Georgia, No. 5 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. Clemson, No. 15 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll |  14. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 13 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. Boise State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Utah, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Oklahoma, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Texas A&M, No. 25 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. Tennessee, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 6 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. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Utah, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 18 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. Washington State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Texas A&M, No. 24 in the AP poll |  25. Boston College, unranked in the AP poll |