Mike Hlas
AP Top 25 voter, 2025 · Cedar Rapids Gazette (opens in a new tab) · @Hlas on X (opens in a new tab)
Each pick shows where AP’s poll ranked the team that week.
2025
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| Week 15November 30 |  1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll |  2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll |  3. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll |  4. Texas Tech, No. 5 in the AP poll |  5. Georgia, No. 3 in the AP poll |  6. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll |  7. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll |  8. Texas A&M, No. 7 in the AP poll |  9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll |  10. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll |  11. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll |  12. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll |  13. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll |  14. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll |  15. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll |  16. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll |  17. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll |  18. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll |  19. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll |  20. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll |  21. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll |  22. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll |  23. North Dakota State, unranked in the AP poll |  24. UConn, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 14November 23 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 4 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. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll |  19. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. North Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Tulane, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll | 24. UConn, unranked in the AP poll | 25. James Madison, No. 20 in the AP poll |
| Week 13November 16 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Texas Tech, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 12. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll |  17. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll |  21. Houston, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. North Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. James Madison, No. 21 in the AP poll |  24. Illinois, unranked in the AP poll | 25. UConn, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 12November 9 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll |  18. Cincinnati, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll |  20. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. North Texas, unranked in the AP poll | 24. James Madison, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 11November 2 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. USC, No. 20 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. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll | 19. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll |  20. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Cincinnati, No. 25 in the AP poll |  22. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Pittsburgh, unranked in the AP poll |  25. San Diego State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 10October 26 | 1. Indiana, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Vanderbilt, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Utah, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  25. Navy, 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. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll |  17. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 20. Cincinnati, No. 21 in the AP poll |  21. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll | 23. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 25 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 Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 5. Texas A&M, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Georgia Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. Virginia, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Utah, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Cincinnati, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. South Florida, No. 19 in the AP poll |  25. Washington, unranked 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. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Indiana, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 7. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Texas A&M, No. 5 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Georgia, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Missouri, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Illinois, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Georgia Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll |  18. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. BYU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Cincinnati, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Memphis, No. 23 in the AP poll |  24. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. South Florida, No. 24 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. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll |  7. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 9. Texas A&M, No. 6 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 5 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Notre Dame, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. BYU, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Virginia, No. 24 in the AP poll |  24. Florida State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 25. Louisville, 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. LSU, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 6. Florida State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 7 in the AP poll | 12. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll |  18. TCU, No. 24 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 23. BYU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. USC, No. 21 in the AP poll |  25. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 14 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Texas, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 13. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Indiana, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Auburn, No. 22 in the AP poll | 17. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Georgia Tech, No. 18 in the AP poll | 23. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 7 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 11. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 17 in the AP poll |  15. South Carolina, No. 11 in the AP poll |  16. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 17. Auburn, No. 24 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 21. Indiana, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Texas Tech, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Texas A&M, No. 16 in the AP poll | 24. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 2September 2 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Florida State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 10. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 13. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll |  15. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Utah, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 25. South Florida, unranked in the AP poll |