This is the ballot I submitted to the Associated Press for this week’s Top 25 poll:
1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3. Clemson
4. Wisconsin
5. Oklahoma
6. Ohio State
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Washington
10. Penn State
11. Virginia Tech
12. Stanford
13. LSU
14. Boise State
15. Mississippi State
16. West Virginia
17. USC
18. Miami
19. Michigan
20. Oregon
21. TCU
22. Central Florida
23. Boston College
24. Houston
25. Texas A&M
The next five: the teams just outside of my Top 25
26. Arizona State
27. Oklahoma State
28. Colorado
29. Kentucky
30. South Florida
