FBS · Preseason Ballots

15 ballots · 15 on every ballot · 31 outlier picks · 39 left off

Ballot matrix: team ranks by voter

Rk	Team	Pts	1st	A. Thigpen	A. Pagnotta	B. Schleiger	B. Wilson	B. Malace	C. Fetter	J. Hill	J. McGovern	L. Longoria	M. Charles	M. Beutell	O. Borja	P. Adams	R. Knapper	S. L	On	Range
1	Ohio State	350	6	2	1	1	5	5	1	2	5	1	1	2	3	1	3	7	15	1–7
2	Indiana	346	5	1	2	5	1	4	2	1	1	4	7	5	2	4	4	1	15	1–7
3	Oregon	337	1	4	6	2	2	6	4	5	2	2	2	1	6	2	5	4	15	1–6
4	Georgia	330	1	5	5	4	4	1	3	3	4	6	5	4	5	3	2	6	15	1–6
5	Notre Dame	328	2	6	4	3	3	3	6	4	3	3	4	6	1	7	1	8	15	1–8
6	Miami	313	0	3	3	6	7	2	7	7	6	5	6	7	4	5	7	2	15	2–7
7	Texas	296	0	7	7	8	6	7	5	6	9	7	3	3	11	6	6	3	15	3–11
8	Oklahoma	233	0	11	14	11	11	9	8	8	13	9	8	9	12	10	8	16Outlier	15	8–16
9	Texas A&M	226	0	9	9	10	12	8	15	10	15	11	9	8	10	8	18Outlier	12	15	8–18
10	Ole Miss	223	0	16	8	9	13	10	20Outlier	11	7	13	10	18Outlier	9	9	9	5	15	5–20
11	Texas Tech	209	0	8	10	14	15	12	10	15	8	8	14	10	7	13	11	—Left off the published Top 25	14	7–15
12	Alabama	200	0	12	11	16	9	14	13	12	11	15	13	14	13	11	16	10	15	9–16
13	LSU	190	0	10	13	7	8	20	9	9	12	10	11	17	—Left off the published Top 25	12	10	—Left off the published Top 25	13	7–20
14	BYU	188	0	14	15	15	10	11	23Outlier	16	10	14	17	11	8	15	14	9	15	8–23
15	USC	178	0	15	12	17	16	13	12	13	22	12	12	12	17	14	12	13	15	12–22
16	Michigan	159	0	13	17	21	14	15	11	14	17	16	15	13	16	16	13	20	15	11–21
17	SMU	130	0	17	19	12	17	17	17	—Left off the published Top 25	16	17	20	15	19	17	20	11	14	11–20
18	Washington	110	0	18	18	22	19	16	18	18	23	18	19	19	22	19	17	14	15	14–23
19	Utah	76	0	24	21	19	—Left off the published Top 25	18	—Left off the published Top 25	21	14	19	21	21	14	18	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	11	14–24
20	Tennessee	74	0	20	20	18	24	—Left off the published Top 25	14	19	—Left off the published Top 25	23	18	20	20	23	19	—Left off the published Top 25	12	14–24
21	Penn State	69	0	19	16	13Outlier	20	25	16	17	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	16	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	23	—Left off the published Top 25	9	13–25
22	Louisville	59	0	—Left off the published Top 25	24	—Left off the published Top 25	18	19	22	—Left off the published Top 25	20	20	—Left off the published Top 25	16	—Left off the published Top 25	22	21	19	10	16–24
23	Houston	53	0	21	23	—Left off the published Top 25	21	21	—Left off the published Top 25	22	18	22	22	22	15Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	10	15–23
24	Iowa	43	0	23	22	20	23	24	24	20	—Left off the published Top 25	21	23	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	21	22	—Left off the published Top 25	11	20–24
25	Boise State	22	0	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	23	—Left off the published Top 25	25	24	24	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	24	25	15Outlier	7	15–25
	Others receiving votes
RV	Virginia	19	0											23	18Outlier			18Outlier	3	18–23
RV	Clemson	18	0	22		25							24	25		20		22	6	20–25
RV	Florida	17	0			23				23							15Outlier		3	15–23
RV	Arizona	16	0				22	22			19Outlier	25							4	19–25
RV	Mizzou	14	0						19Outlier	24			25	24			24		5	19–25
RV	TCU	14	0								21Outlier							17Outlier	2	17–21
RV	Arizona State	10	0						21Outlier									21Outlier	2	21–21
RV	Vanderbilt	5	0												21Outlier				1	21–21
RV	James Madison	4	0			24Outlier										25Outlier		25Outlier	3	24–25
RV	West Virginia	3	0															23Outlier	1	23–23
RV	UNLV	3	0	25Outlier											24Outlier				2	24–25
RV	Tulane	3	0												23Outlier				1	23–23
RV	Hawai'i	2	0															24Outlier	1	24–24
RV	Cal	1	0						25Outlier										1	25–25
RV	Navy	1	0				25Outlier												1	25–25
RV	Illinois	1	0		25Outlier														1	25–25
RV	Bowling Green	1	0								25Outlier								1	25–25
RV	Western Michigan	1	0												25Outlier				1	25–25