FBS · Preseason Ballots

11 ballots · 12 on every ballot · 37 outlier picks · 35 left off

Ballot matrix: team ranks by voter

Rk	Team	Pts	1st	A. Pagnotta	B. Schleiger	B. Wilson	B. Malace	C. Steve	J. Hill	L. Longoria	O. Borja	P. Adams	S. L	T. Podcast	On	Range
1	Texas	266	6	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	5	1	11	1–5
2	Ohio State	261	3	2	1	3	4	4	1	2	2	3	1	2	11	1–4
3	Penn State	254	1	3	3	5	3	3	3	1	3	2	3	3	11	1–5
4	Clemson	239	1	4	4	1	2	2	9	4	6	7	4	4	11	1–9
5	Georgia	222	0	6	7	7	5	10	5	6	5	4	2	7	11	2–10
5	Notre Dame	222	0	5	6	4	6	5	6	5	4	5	12	6	11	4–12
7	Oregon	193	0	7	5	9	8	6	7	8	—Left off the published Top 25	6	6	5	10	5–9
8	LSU	181	0	8	9	8	9	17Outlier	8	9	13	9	7	8	11	7–17
9	Alabama	174	0	9	8	6	7	16	4	7	—Left off the published Top 25	10	10	9	10	4–16
10	Miami	165	0	13	11	12	10	8	10	10	8	8	21Outlier	10	11	8–21
11	Arizona State	160	0	11	15	11	11	9	15	11	9	15	8	11	11	8–15
12	Illinois	156	0	10	14	10	12	7	21Outlier	12	10	12	9	13	11	7–21
13	South Carolina	135	0	12	12	13	13	—Left off the published Top 25	16	13	12	11	11	12	10	11–16
14	Michigan	100	0	16	10	14	17	—Left off the published Top 25	13	18	—Left off the published Top 25	13	19	14	9	10–19
15	Kansas State	95	0	18	16	16	16	15	18	17	17	24Outlier	13	21	11	13–24
16	SMU	86	0	15	22	20	25Outlier	13	23	15	7Outlier	17	—Left off the published Top 25	17	10	7–25
17	Indiana	80	0	20	18	18	19	—Left off the published Top 25	19	14	11	16	—Left off the published Top 25	19	9	11–20
18	Ole Miss	79	0	19	19	22	14	—Left off the published Top 25	17	—Left off the published Top 25	14	14	20	16	9	14–22
19	Florida	72	0	14	13	15	18	—Left off the published Top 25	11Outlier	24	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	15	7	11–24
20	Texas A&M	66	0	21	17	19	20	—Left off the published Top 25	12Outlier	21	18	20	—Left off the published Top 25	20	9	12–21
21	Boise State	54	0	24	23	24	23	12Outlier	25	22	19	19	16	25	11	12–25
22	Iowa State	49	0	23	21	21	22	18	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	15	—Left off the published Top 25	15	24	8	15–24
23	Oklahoma	46	0	17	25	17	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	14Outlier	19	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	18	6	14–25
24	Georgia Tech	39	0	25	—Left off the published Top 25	23	21	14Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	20	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	14Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	6	14–25
25	Tennessee	38	0	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	15Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	20	—Left off the published Top 25	16Outlier	18	—Left off the published Top 25	23	5	15–23
	Others receiving votes
RV	Texas Tech	24	0		20				22	16Outlier				22	4	16–22
RV	Louisville	22	0					21			22	21	18Outlier		4	18–22
RV	Baylor	18	0	22			24			23			17Outlier		4	17–24
RV	Utah	15	0					11Outlier							1	11–11
RV	Tulane	10	0					20Outlier		25		23			3	20–25
RV	Navy	9	0					19Outlier			24				2	19–24
RV	USC	6	0						24Outlier				22Outlier		2	22–24
RV	Mizzou	6	0								20Outlier				1	20–20
RV	Toledo	5	0			25Outlier		22Outlier							2	22–25
RV	TCU	5	0								21Outlier				1	21–21
RV	James Madison	5	0		24Outlier								23Outlier		2	23–24
RV	BYU	4	0									22Outlier			1	22–22
RV	Syracuse	3	0								23Outlier				1	23–23
RV	Buffalo	3	0					23Outlier							1	23–23
RV	Southern Miss	2	0					24Outlier							1	24–24
RV	Louisiana	2	0										24Outlier		1	24–24
RV	San Jose State	1	0										25Outlier		1	25–25
RV	Army	1	0									25Outlier			1	25–25
RV	Liberty	1	0					25Outlier							1	25–25
RV	Memphis	1	0								25Outlier				1	25–25