Sam McKewon
AP Top 25 voter, 2025 · Omaha World-Herald (opens in a new tab) · @swmckewonowh 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. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll |  5. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll |  7. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll |  8. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll |  9. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll |  10. Texas, No. 12 in the AP poll |  11. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll |  12. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll |  13. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll |  14. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll |  15. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll |  16. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll |  17. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  18. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  19. Illinois, unranked in the AP poll |  20. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll |  21. Tennessee, unranked in the AP poll |  22. TCU, No. 25 in the AP poll |  23. SMU, unranked in the AP poll |  24. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll |  25. Tulane, No. 18 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. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 17. Tulane, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll |  20. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll |  21. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Tennessee, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll |  24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. James Madison, No. 19 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. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas Tech, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 7 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. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Tennessee, unranked in the AP poll |  24. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 25. Arizona State, 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. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 7 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. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Miami, No. 13 in the AP poll | 19. Virginia, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Arizona, 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. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, 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. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Texas, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll |  19. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 20. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Tulane, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Illinois, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Louisville, unranked 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. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Cincinnati, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, unranked 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. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Tennessee, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll |  23. Washington, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Iowa, 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. Ole Miss, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Vanderbilt, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 16. Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Utah, No. 24 in the AP poll | 21. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 24. Washington, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Iowa, 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. 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. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll |  18. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 24. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Cincinnati, No. 21 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. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Texas A&M, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 23 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Virginia, No. 18 in the AP poll |  23. Nebraska, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 25. Cincinnati, No. 24 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. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Texas A&M, No. 5 in the AP poll | 9. Tennessee, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Georgia, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Missouri, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 17. Illinois, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll |  20. Florida State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 21. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 23. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll |  25. Auburn, 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. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 6. Oklahoma, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 8. Texas A&M, No. 6 in the AP poll |  9. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 12. Florida State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 13. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Georgia Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll |  18. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll |  22. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Arizona State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. USC, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 5September 21 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oklahoma, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 7. LSU, No. 4 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Florida State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Indiana, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 14. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 21 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 23. TCU, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 14 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 6. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 7. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 8. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 10. Auburn, No. 22 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 13. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 14. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 25 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 20. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Nebraska, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Notre Dame, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 25. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 7 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 8. Auburn, No. 24 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 10. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 14. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Georgia Tech, unranked in the AP poll |  20. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll |  21. South Carolina, No. 11 in the AP poll | 22. TCU, unranked in the AP poll |  23. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. Texas A&M, No. 16 in the AP poll | 25. Nebraska, 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. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Utah, No. 25 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 9. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Auburn, unranked in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 13. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 14. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Georgia Tech, unranked in the AP poll | 16. Florida State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll | 23. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Virginia, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 11 | 1. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 3. Clemson, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Arizona State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll |  12. UNLV, unranked in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Indiana, No. 20 in the AP poll |  15. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, unranked in the AP poll | 18. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 19. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 20. USC, unranked in the AP poll |  21. Baylor, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Georgia Tech, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 14 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Nebraska, unranked in the AP poll |