Matt Baker
AP Top 25 voter, 2024 · Tampa Bay Times (opens in a new tab) · @MBakerTBTimes on X (opens in a new tab)
Each pick shows where AP’s poll ranked the team that week.
2024
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| 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. Miami, No. 6 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. Penn State, No. 4 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. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll |  13. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll |  14. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll |  15. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll |  16. Indiana, No. 18 in the AP poll |  17. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll |  18. Missouri, No. 21 in the AP poll |  19. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll |  20. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll |  21. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll |  22. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll |  23. USC, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Pittsburgh, No. 22 in the AP poll |  25. Vanderbilt, 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. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Michigan, No. 10 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. Oklahoma, No. 19 in the AP poll |  20. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Boise State, No. 21 in the AP poll |  22. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Utah, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Texas A&M, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| Week 5September 22 | 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. 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. Utah, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Penn State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Michigan, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Louisville, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Oklahoma, No. 21 in the AP poll |  20. Oklahoma State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. BYU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Kansas State, No. 23 in the AP poll |  23. UCF, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Illinois, No. 19 in the AP poll | 25. Indiana, unranked 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. 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. Oregon, No. 9 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. Kansas State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Penn State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll |  17. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Clemson, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Northern Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Notre Dame, No. 17 in the AP poll | 24. UCF, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Texas A&M, No. 25 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. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Missouri, No. 6 in the AP poll | 12. Kansas State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 14. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Oklahoma State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 23. Northern Illinois, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Notre Dame, No. 18 in the AP poll | 25. Illinois, 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. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma State, No. 16 in the AP poll |  19. Kansas, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Texas A&M, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll |  24. Georgia Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Clemson, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 12 | 1. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 1 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. Notre Dame, No. 7 in the AP poll |  8. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Michigan, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Oklahoma, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Oklahoma State, No. 17 in the AP poll |  21. NC State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Kansas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll |