Steven Johnson
AP Top 25 voter, 2024–2025 · Fort Worth Star-Telegram (opens in a new tab) · @StevenMJohnson_ 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. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll |  6. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll |  7. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll |  8. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll |  9. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll |  10. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll |  11. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll |  12. Texas, No. 12 in the AP poll |  13. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll |  14. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll |  15. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll |  16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll |  17. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll |  18. TCU, No. 25 in the AP poll |  19. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll |  20. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  21. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll |  22. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll |  23. Duke, unranked in the AP poll |  24. SMU, unranked 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. Texas Tech, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas A&M, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Alabama, No. 11 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. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll | 19. Tulane, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 21. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll |  22. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll |  24. Pittsburgh, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Houston, 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. Texas Tech, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Texas A&M, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Notre Dame, No. 9 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. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Arizona, No. 22 in the AP poll |  20. North Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. James Madison, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Tulane, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Pittsburgh, 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. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Oregon, No. 5 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Texas, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 16. USC, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll |  20. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. Pittsburgh, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. James Madison, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll | 24. North Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, No. 22 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. Georgia, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Texas Tech, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Oklahoma, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 12. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Texas, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 12 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll |  18. Georgia Tech, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Houston, No. 25 in the AP poll | 21. James Madison, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll | 24. North Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 25. Arizona, 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. Texas Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. USC, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Georgia Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll |  19. Cincinnati, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Virginia, No. 20 in the AP poll |  21. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 22. Houston, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Pittsburgh, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. James Madison, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Arizona State, 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. BYU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Texas, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 12. Virginia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Louisville, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll |  17. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 18. Vanderbilt, No. 15 in the AP poll | 19. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll |  21. Washington, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Cincinnati, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Pittsburgh, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Arizona 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. 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. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Vanderbilt, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 8 in the AP poll | 13. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 14. Cincinnati, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Virginia, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 21. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Michigan, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Washington, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Utah, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 9October 19 | 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. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 10. Texas Tech, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Vanderbilt, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 13. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 15 in the AP poll |  15. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 16. Virginia, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Arizona State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 20. Texas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Cincinnati, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Houston, unranked in the AP poll |  25. LSU, No. 20 in the AP poll |
| Week 8October 12 | 1. Indiana, No. 3 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas Tech, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Alabama, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Georgia, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Notre Dame, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Georgia Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Missouri, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Memphis, No. 22 in the AP poll | 17. South Florida, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Vanderbilt, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Oklahoma, No. 14 in the AP poll | 21. USC, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Nebraska, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. Cincinnati, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Virginia, No. 18 in the AP poll |
| Week 7October 5 | 1. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Texas A&M, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Missouri, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Georgia Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. BYU, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Virginia, No. 19 in the AP poll |  19. Florida State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Memphis, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 23. Nebraska, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Cincinnati, unranked in the AP poll |  25. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 6September 28 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Miami, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Texas A&M, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 5 in the AP poll | 9. Florida State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 10. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Georgia, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Notre Dame, No. 21 in the AP poll | 14. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll |  16. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 17. Vanderbilt, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. Texas, No. 9 in the AP poll | 20. Georgia Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll |  23. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Virginia, No. 24 in the AP poll |
| Week 5September 21 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Miami, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Florida State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 5. LSU, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Oklahoma, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 13. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll | 14. Texas, No. 10 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Vanderbilt, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Notre Dame, No. 22 in the AP poll | 18. Georgia Tech, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 20. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. TCU, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 25. USC, No. 21 in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 14 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. LSU, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Florida State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 9. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 13 in the AP poll |  11. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Texas, No. 8 in the AP poll | 13. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Texas Tech, No. 17 in the AP poll | 15. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 24 in the AP poll | 17. Vanderbilt, No. 20 in the AP poll | 18. Georgia Tech, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa State, No. 12 in the AP poll |  20. Auburn, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 22. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 25. USC, No. 25 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. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Illinois, No. 9 in the AP poll | 8. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 9. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Iowa State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Ole Miss, No. 17 in the AP poll |  12. South Carolina, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 15. Texas A&M, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. TCU, unranked in the AP poll |  18. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 19. Texas Tech, No. 21 in the AP poll | 20. Auburn, No. 24 in the AP poll | 21. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. South Florida, No. 18 in the AP poll | 23. Mississippi State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. SMU, 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. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. South Carolina, No. 10 in the AP poll | 10. Clemson, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 12. Illinois, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 20 in the AP poll | 14. Florida State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Notre Dame, No. 9 in the AP poll | 16. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Tennessee, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 15 in the AP poll |  22. Florida, No. 13 in the AP poll | 23. Texas Tech, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Alabama, No. 21 in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 11 | 1. Penn State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Clemson, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. LSU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Arizona State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll |  13. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 14. Illinois, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Indiana, No. 20 in the AP poll | 16. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 21 in the AP poll | 18. Texas A&M, No. 19 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 14 in the AP poll | 20. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Florida, No. 15 in the AP poll | 22. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Tennessee, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Texas Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Missouri, unranked in the AP poll |
2024
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| FinalJanuary 20 | 1. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Notre Dame, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Arizona State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll |  10. Boise State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 18 in the AP poll | 15. Ole Miss, No. 11 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Alabama, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll |  19. Syracuse, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 16 in the AP poll |  21. Colorado, No. 25 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, No. 24 in the AP poll |  23. UNLV, No. 23 in the AP poll | 24. TCU, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 16December 8 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Arizona State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Clemson, No. 13 in the AP poll | 11. Boise State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 12. SMU, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Miami, No. 15 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. South Carolina, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Syracuse, No. 22 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Duke, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 24. UNLV, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Texas A&M, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 15December 1 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. SMU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. Indiana, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Boise State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Arizona State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 12. Miami, No. 14 in the AP poll | 13. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 15. South Carolina, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Syracuse, No. 23 in the AP poll | 20. Illinois, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. UNLV, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. Duke, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Memphis, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Texas A&M, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 14November 24 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. SMU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Boise State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 12 in the AP poll | 13. Arizona State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. BYU, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. South Carolina, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Tulane, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Texas A&M, No. 20 in the AP poll | 24. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. UNLV, No. 21 in the AP poll |
| Week 13November 17 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Notre Dame, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 11 in the AP poll | 8. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Georgia, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 12. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Tennessee, No. 10 in the AP poll | 14. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 15. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Colorado, No. 16 in the AP poll |  18. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. South Carolina, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 21. Tulane, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Iowa State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll | 25. Kansas State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 12November 10 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Texas, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 6. BYU, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Alabama, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Georgia, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 13. SMU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Boise State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Army, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Colorado, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. South Carolina, No. 23 in the AP poll | 21. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll |  22. Washington State, No. 19 in the AP poll | 23. LSU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 24. Iowa State, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Tulane, No. 25 in the AP poll |
| Week 11November 3 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 5. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 10 in the AP poll | 8. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Penn State, No. 6 in the AP poll | 10. Indiana, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Alabama, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. SMU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Boise State, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Iowa State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 17. Clemson, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Ole Miss, No. 16 in the AP poll | 19. Army, No. 18 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 21. Colorado, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Vanderbilt, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. South Carolina, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Louisville, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Washington State, No. 20 in the AP poll |
| Week 10October 27 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Texas, No. 6 in the AP poll | 7. Notre Dame, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 9. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 11. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Clemson, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Alabama, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 18. Pittsburgh, No. 18 in the AP poll | 19. Ole Miss, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. SMU, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Army, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Colorado, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Washington State, No. 22 in the AP poll | 24. Tulane, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Vanderbilt, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 9October 20 | 1. Oregon, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 3. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Iowa State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. Alabama, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Indiana, No. 13 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Illinois, No. 20 in the AP poll | 19. Pittsburgh, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll | 22. Army, No. 23 in the AP poll |  23. Navy, No. 24 in the AP poll | 24. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 25. UNLV, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 8October 13 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Iowa State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Tennessee, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. BYU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Texas A&M, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 16. Boise State, No. 15 in the AP poll | 17. Ole Miss, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Illinois, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. Pittsburgh, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Indiana, No. 16 in the AP poll | 21. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona State, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Army, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Vanderbilt, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 7October 6 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Penn State, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll | 6. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 7. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Notre Dame, No. 11 in the AP poll | 9. Iowa State, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Tennessee, No. 8 in the AP poll | 11. Clemson, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll | 14. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 15. Texas A&M, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Oklahoma, No. 18 in the AP poll | 17. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Michigan, No. 24 in the AP poll | 19. USC, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Boise State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 23 in the AP poll | 22. Utah, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Indiana, No. 18 in the AP poll | 24. SMU, No. 25 in the AP poll | 25. Pittsburgh, No. 22 in the AP poll |
| Week 6September 29 | 1. Alabama, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Texas, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Tennessee, No. 4 in the AP poll | 4. Georgia, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 10. Notre Dame, No. 14 in the AP poll | 11. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 14. Iowa State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 15. Clemson, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Ole Miss, No. 12 in the AP poll | 17. Oklahoma, No. 19 in the AP poll | 18. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. BYU, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Kansas State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Illinois, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Texas A&M, No. 25 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Utah, No. 18 in the AP poll | 25. Boise State, No. 21 in the AP poll |
| Week 5September 22 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Tennessee, No. 5 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Oregon, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 9. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Penn State, No. 9 in the AP poll | 11. Utah, No. 10 in the AP poll | 12. Louisville, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Michigan, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 14 in the AP poll | 16. Notre Dame, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Iowa State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Clemson, No. 17 in the AP poll | 19. Illinois, No. 19 in the AP poll | 20. Oklahoma, No. 21 in the AP poll |  21. Oklahoma State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 22. BYU, No. 22 in the AP poll |  23. Arkansas, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Kansas State, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Washington State, unranked in the AP poll |
| Week 4September 15 | 1. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Ohio State, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 8 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 9. Missouri, No. 7 in the AP poll | 10. Penn State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 12. Kansas State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 15. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 16. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 17. Notre Dame, No. 17 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 19. Iowa State, No. 20 in the AP poll | 20. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 21. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll | 22. Nebraska, No. 22 in the AP poll | 23. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Clemson, No. 21 in the AP poll |  25. Northern Illinois, No. 23 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. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Oregon, No. 9 in the AP poll | 6. Miami, No. 10 in the AP poll | 7. Tennessee, No. 7 in the AP poll | 8. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 9. USC, No. 11 in the AP poll | 10. Ole Miss, No. 5 in the AP poll | 11. Missouri, No. 6 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 14. Louisville, No. 19 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 16 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas State, No. 14 in the AP poll | 17. Notre Dame, No. 18 in the AP poll | 18. Oklahoma State, No. 13 in the AP poll | 19. Michigan, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 21. Iowa State, No. 21 in the AP poll | 22. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 23. Syracuse, unranked in the AP poll | 24. Nebraska, No. 23 in the AP poll | 25. Clemson, No. 22 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. Notre Dame, No. 5 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 4 in the AP poll | 6. Oregon, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 8. Miami, No. 12 in the AP poll | 9. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 10. Michigan, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. Missouri, No. 9 in the AP poll | 12. Oklahoma, No. 15 in the AP poll | 13. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll | 14. USC, No. 13 in the AP poll | 15. LSU, No. 18 in the AP poll |  16. Kansas, No. 19 in the AP poll | 17. Utah, No. 11 in the AP poll | 18. Louisville, No. 22 in the AP poll | 19. Kansas State, No. 17 in the AP poll | 20. Georgia Tech, No. 23 in the AP poll |  21. NC State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. Oklahoma State, No. 16 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, No. 20 in the AP poll | 24. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll |
| PreseasonAugust 12 | 1. Georgia, No. 1 in the AP poll | 2. Ohio State, No. 2 in the AP poll | 3. Oregon, No. 3 in the AP poll | 4. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll | 5. Alabama, No. 5 in the AP poll | 6. Notre Dame, No. 7 in the AP poll | 7. Ole Miss, No. 6 in the AP poll | 8. Michigan, No. 9 in the AP poll | 9. Penn State, No. 8 in the AP poll | 10. Florida State, No. 10 in the AP poll | 11. LSU, No. 13 in the AP poll | 12. Missouri, No. 11 in the AP poll | 13. Oklahoma, No. 16 in the AP poll | 14. Miami, No. 19 in the AP poll | 15. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll | 16. Kansas, No. 22 in the AP poll | 17. Clemson, No. 14 in the AP poll | 18. Utah, No. 12 in the AP poll | 19. Louisville, unranked in the AP poll | 20. Kansas State, No. 18 in the AP poll | 21. NC State, No. 24 in the AP poll | 22. USC, No. 23 in the AP poll | 23. Arizona, No. 21 in the AP poll |  24. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll | 25. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll |