Scott Hamilton
AP Top 25 voter, 2025–2026 · WNKT-FM (opens in a new tab) · @ScottHsports on X (opens in a new tab)
Each pick shows where AP’s poll ranked the team that week.
2026
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| Week 5September 27 |  1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll |  2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll |  3. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll |  4. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll |  5. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll |  6. Florida, No. 8 in the AP poll |  7. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  8. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll |  9. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll |  10. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll |  11. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll |  12. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll |  13. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll |  14. Iowa, No. 14 in the AP poll |  15. Mississippi State, No. 16 in the AP poll |  16. Oregon, No. 15 in the AP poll |  17. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll |  18. USC, No. 18 in the AP poll |  19. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll |  20. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll |  21. Oklahoma State, No. 19 in the AP poll |  22. Kentucky, No. 24 in the AP poll |  23. Houston, No. 20 in the AP poll |  24. UCLA, No. 23 in the AP poll |  25. Wake Forest, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 20 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll |  13. Penn State, No. 13 in the AP poll |  14. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll |  15. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Florida, No. 21 in the AP poll |  20. Washington, unranked in the AP poll |  21. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll |  22. West Virginia, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Mississippi State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Oregon, No. 20 in the AP poll | 25. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 13 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Indiana, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. LSU, No. 7 in the AP poll |  8. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Penn State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Washington, unranked in the AP poll |  21. Virginia, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, No. 23 in the AP poll |  25. Oklahoma, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 2September 8 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 5. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Penn State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Washington, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Virginia, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 25. Michigan, unranked in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 17 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 3. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Oklahoma, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Washington, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Penn State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Louisville, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Utah, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Houston, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll |
2025
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| FinalJanuary 20 | 1. Indiana, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Ole Miss, No. 3 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. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Texas, No. 12 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. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  19. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll |  20. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll |  21. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll |  23. Illinois, unranked in the AP poll |  24. TCU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 16December 7 | 1. Indiana, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Texas Tech, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, 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. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Tulane, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll |  20. North Texas, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Navy, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll |  24. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Iowa, unranked 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. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 4 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. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Texas, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll | 18. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Navy, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Iowa, 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. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 5 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. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. James Madison, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Tulane, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll |  20. Georgia Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Virginia, No. 17 in the AP poll | 22. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 23. North Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll |  24. Pittsburgh, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Navy, 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. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 17 in the AP poll | 13. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll | 17. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. James Madison, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Tulane, No. 24 in the AP poll | 21. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. North Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. Navy, 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. BYU, No. 12 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. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Georgia Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. James Madison, No. 24 in the AP poll |  20. Cincinnati, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 22. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Tennessee, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 25. Pittsburgh, No. 23 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. 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. Texas, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  22. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Iowa, unranked in the AP poll | 24. James Madison, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Tennessee, No. 23 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. Vanderbilt, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Utah, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. USC, No. 23 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. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll |  18. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Cincinnati, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 25 in the AP poll |  23. Arizona State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll |
| Week 8October 12 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Indiana, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Georgia Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. South Florida, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. Nebraska, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Cincinnati, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 25. Utah, No. 23 in the AP poll |
| Week 7October 5 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas A&M, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Georgia, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 7 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Illinois, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. BYU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Texas, unranked in the AP poll |  24. Florida State, No. 25 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. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll | 6. Oklahoma, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Texas A&M, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll |  10. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 14. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 18. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Florida State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Notre Dame, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. BYU, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, No. 25 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. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Florida State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Indiana, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Notre Dame, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. USC, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. BYU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. TCU, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 14 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Georgia Tech, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Indiana, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll |  23. Auburn, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. USC, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Notre Dame, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 3September 7 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll |  10. South Carolina, No. 11 in the AP poll |  11. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Alabama, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 20. Indiana, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Texas A&M, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. Texas Tech, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 2September 2 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 12. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 15. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. Florida State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 18. Indiana, No. 23 in the AP poll | 19. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll | 20. Ole Miss, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Alabama, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Texas Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 11 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Clemson, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. LSU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll |  14. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Illinois, No. 12 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Arizona State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 19. Indiana, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Florida, No. 15 in the AP poll | 21. Texas Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Ole Miss, No. 21 in the AP poll | 23. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Tennessee, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll |