Mike Griffith
AP Top 25 voter, 2026 · AJC.com (opens in a new tab) · @MikeGriffith32 on X (opens in a new tab)
Each pick shows where AP’s poll ranked the team that week.
2026
| 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 5September 27 |  1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll |  2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll |  3. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll |  4. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  5. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll |  6. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll |  7. Florida, No. 8 in the AP poll |  8. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll |  9. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll |  10. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll |  11. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll |  12. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll |  13. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll |  14. Iowa, No. 14 in the AP poll |  15. Oregon, No. 15 in the AP poll |  16. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll |  17. Boise State, No. 22 in the AP poll |  18. Mississippi State, No. 16 in the AP poll |  19. Houston, No. 20 in the AP poll |  20. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll |  21. USC, No. 18 in the AP poll |  22. Michigan, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll |  25. UCLA, No. 23 in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 20 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll |  13. Penn State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll |  15. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Florida, No. 21 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll | 19. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Oregon, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Mississippi State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Oklahoma, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 13 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. LSU, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 4 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll |  9. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Penn State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Florida, unranked in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 18. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Louisville, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Oklahoma, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll |  23. Virginia, No. 25 in the AP poll |  24. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 25. Iowa, No. 18 in the AP poll |
| Week 2September 8 | 1. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 12. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Penn State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Florida, unranked in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, No. 24 in the AP poll | 21. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll |  22. Washington, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll |  25. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 17 | 1. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 3. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Penn State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 18. Florida, unranked in the AP poll |  19. Clemson, unranked in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 16 in the AP poll | 22. Iowa, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Washington, No. 17 in the AP poll | 25. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll |