Grid DistributionPre-Season AP Poll (Aug 21, 2016)
1Alabama (33)
14-1Previous: 1
High: 1 - 33 Voters
Low: 5 - 5 Voters
1469
Points
2Clemson (16)
14-1Previous: 2
High: 1 - 16 Voters
Low: 7 - 2 Voters
1443
Points
3Oklahoma (4)
11-2Previous: 5 ▲
High: 1 - 4 Voters
Low: 11 - Jon Wilner
1352
Points
4Florida State (5)
10-3Previous: 14 ▲
High: 1 - 5 Voters
Low: 15 - Rob Long
1325
Points
5LSU (1)
9-3Previous: 16 ▲
High: 1 - Sam McKewon
Low: 16 - Rob Long
1269
Points
6Ohio State (1)
12-1Previous: 4 ▼
High: 1 - Jon Wilner
Low: 12 - Garry Smits
1224
Points
7Michigan (1)
10-3Previous: 12 ▲
High: 1 - Scott Wolf
Low: 14 - Kirk Bohls
1147
Points
8Stanford
12-2Previous: 3 ▼
High: 4 - Mitch Vingle
Low: NR - Sam McKewon
1029
Points
9Tennessee
9-4Previous: 22 ▲
High: 2 - Michael Lev
Low: 23 - Rob Long
1021
Points
10Notre Dame
10-3Previous: 11 ▲
High: 2 - Mitch Vingle
Low: 16 - Mike Barber
1006
Points
11Ole Miss
10-3Previous: 10 ▼
High: 8 - Garland Gillen
Low: NR - 2 Voters
718
Points
12Michigan State
12-2Previous: 6 ▼
High: 7 - Rob Long
Low: NR - 3 Voters
710
Points
13TCU
11-2Previous: 7 ▼
High: 6 - Rob Long
Low: NR - 5 Voters
707
Points
14Washington
7-6Previous: -
High: 7 - Kirk Bohls
Low: NR - 2 Voters
651
Points
15Houston
13-1Previous: 8 ▼
High: 10 - 3 Voters
Low: NR - 2 Voters
644
Points
16UCLA
8-5Previous: -
High: 8 - Michael Lev
Low: NR - 5 Voters
496
Points
17Iowa
12-2Previous: 9 ▼
High: 8 - Kirk Bohls
Low: NR - 6 Voters
484
Points
18Georgia
10-3Previous: 26 ▲
High: 8 - Eric Hansen
Low: NR - 9 Voters
448
Points
19Louisville
8-5Previous: -
High: 9 - Jeff Miller
Low: NR - 5 Voters
447
Points
20USC
8-6Previous: 32 ▲
High: 8 - Mitch Vingle
Low: NR - 14 Voters
344
Points
21Oklahoma State
10-3Previous: 20 ▼
High: 11 - Marc Weiszer
Low: NR - 5 Voters
316
Points
22North Carolina
11-3Previous: 15 ▼
High: 13 - Brett McMurphy
Low: NR - 8 Voters
283
Points
23Baylor
10-3Previous: 13 ▼
High: 10 - Ferd Lewis
Low: NR - 22 Voters
280
Points
24Oregon
9-4Previous: 19 ▼
High: 17 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 19 Voters
218
Points
25Florida
10-4Previous: 25
High: 11 - Tom Murphy
Low: NR - 28 Voters
180
Points

Others Receiving Votes

26Miami (FL)
8-5Previous: -
High: 11 - Sam McKewon
Low: NR - 33 Voters
159
Points
27Texas A&M
8-5Previous: -
High: 16 - Jerry DiPaola
Low: NR - 44 Voters
81
Points
28Utah
10-3Previous: 17 ▼
High: 16 - Adam Jude
Low: NR - 46 Voters
74
Points
29Washington State
9-4Previous: 27 ▼
High: 15 - Michael Lev
Low: NR - 44 Voters
68
Points
30Boise State
9-4Previous: 34 ▲
High: 13 - Kirk Bohls
Low: NR - 51 Voters
49
Points
31San Diego State
11-3Previous: 29 ▼
High: 15 - Sam McKewon
Low: NR - 49 Voters
46
Points
32Wisconsin
10-3Previous: 21 ▼
High: 14 - Mike Barber
Low: NR - 54 Voters
42
Points
33Auburn
7-6Previous: -
High: 11 - Mitch Vingle
Low: NR - 58 Voters
22
Points
34Pittsburgh
8-5Previous: -
High: 18 - Sam McKewon
Low: NR - 56 Voters
15
Points
35Arkansas
8-5Previous: 30 ▼
High: 22 - Ed Johnson
Low: NR - 54 Voters
14
Points
36Texas
5-7Previous: -
High: 22 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 56 Voters
12
Points
37Nebraska
6-7Previous: -
High: 21 - Pete DiPrimio
Low: NR - 57 Voters
11
Points
38Navy
11-2Previous: 18 ▼
High: 18 - Rob Long
Low: NR - 60 Voters
8
Points
39Northwestern
10-3Previous: 23 ▼
High: 21 - Marq Burnett
Low: NR - 60 Voters
5
Points
40Western Kentucky
12-2Previous: 24 ▼
High: 23 - Michael Bonner
Low: NR - 59 Voters
4
Points
41South Florida
8-5Previous: -
High: 24 - Eric Hansen
Low: NR - 60 Voters
2
Points
Toledo
10-2Previous: 30 ▼
High: 24 - Rob Long
Low: NR - 60 Voters
2
Points

Talk about this week's Poll

Highest Rated Ballots

Scott Hamilton (32)WNKT (Charleston, SC)
Garland Gillen (27)WVUE-TV FOX 8 (New Orleans, LA)
Jason Galloway (21)Wisconsin State-Journal (Madison, WI)

Lowest Rated Ballots

Ed Johnson (-94)Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM)
Mitch Vingle (-94)The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)
Jon Wilner (-72)San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)

Most Extreme Ballots

Rob LongWJFK - 105.7 TheFan (Baltimore, MD)
Mitch VingleThe Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)
Sam McKewonOmaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE)

Least Extreme Ballots

Steve WisemanThe Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)
Keith SargeantNJ Advanced Media (Keyport, NJ)
Graham WatsonYahoo Sports (Sunnyvale, CA)