Grid DistributionPre-Season AP Poll (Aug 21, 2017)
1Alabama (52)
14-1Previous: 2 ▲
High: 1 - 52 Voters
Low: 4 - Pat Dooley
1513
Points
2Ohio State (3)
11-2Previous: 6 ▲
High: 1 - 3 Voters
Low: 5 - 6 Voters
1414
Points
3Florida State (4)
10-3Previous: 8 ▲
High: 1 - 4 Voters
Low: 7 - Mitch Vingle
1396
Points
4USC (2)
10-3Previous: 3 ▼
High: 1 - 2 Voters
Low: 11 - Mitch Vingle
1325
Points
5Clemson
14-1Previous: 1 ▼
High: 2 - 2 Voters
Low: 12 - Jon Wilner
1201
Points
6Penn State
11-3Previous: 7 ▲
High: 3 - 4 Voters
Low: 14 - Mitch Vingle
1196
Points
7Oklahoma
11-2Previous: 5 ▼
High: 4 - 8 Voters
Low: 11 - 2 Voters
1170
Points
8Washington
12-2Previous: 4 ▼
High: 3 - Adam Jude
Low: 16 - Pat Dooley
1150
Points
9Wisconsin
11-3Previous: 9
High: 3 - Sam McKewon
Low: 19 - Adam Zucker
926
Points
10Oklahoma State
10-3Previous: 11 ▲
High: 2 - Pat Dooley
Low: 23 - Mitch Vingle
889
Points
11Michigan
10-3Previous: 10 ▼
High: 6 - Jeff Miller
Low: 18 - 2 Voters
881
Points
12Auburn
8-5Previous: 24 ▲
High: 3 - John Adams
Low: 23 - Dave Reardon
880
Points
13LSU
8-4Previous: 13
High: 5 - Mitch Vingle
Low: 23 - Robert Gagliardi
784
Points
14Stanford
10-3Previous: 12 ▼
High: 8 - Pat Dooley
Low: NR -
695
Points
15Georgia
8-5Previous: -
High: 6 - Jon Wilner
Low: 24 - Mitch Vingle
690
Points
16Louisville
9-4Previous: 21 ▲
High: 7 - Matt McCoy
Low: 25 - Mitch Vingle
629
Points
17Florida
9-4Previous: 14 ▼
High: 9 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 2 Voters
624
Points
18Miami (FL)
9-4Previous: 20 ▲
High: 10 - Matt Brown
Low: NR - 2 Voters
492
Points
19South Florida
11-2Previous: 19
High: 10 - Kirk Bohls
Low: NR - 7 Voters
327
Points
20Kansas State
9-4Previous: 26 ▲
High: 12 - Sam McKewon
Low: NR - 9 Voters
317
Points
21Virginia Tech
10-4Previous: 16 ▼
High: 16 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 12 Voters
240
Points
22West Virginia
10-3Previous: 18 ▼
High: 15 - Scott Wolf
Low: NR - 21 Voters
207
Points
23Texas
5-7Previous: -
High: 9 - Jon Wilner
Low: NR - 26 Voters
173
Points
24Washington State
8-5Previous: 40 ▲
High: 18 - Lauren Brownlow
Low: NR - 20 Voters
133
Points
25Tennessee
9-4Previous: 22 ▼
High: 17 - Dave Reardon
Low: NR - 31 Voters
114
Points

Others Receiving Votes

26TCU
6-7Previous: -
High: 18 - 4 Voters
Low: NR - 38 Voters
98
Points
27Utah
9-4Previous: 23 ▼
High: 17 - Parrish Alford
Low: NR - 39 Voters
85
Points
28Notre Dame
4-8Previous: -
High: 3 - Mitch Vingle
Low: NR - 50 Voters
65
Points
29Boise State
10-3Previous: 32 ▲
High: 20 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 50 Voters
37
Points
30NC State
7-6Previous: -
High: 20 - Michael Lev
Low: NR - 53 Voters
26
Points
31Northwestern
7-6Previous: -
High: 19 - Pat Caputo
Low: NR - 52 Voters
25
Points
32Pittsburgh
8-5Previous: 31 ▼
High: 21 - 2 Voters
Low: NR - 53 Voters
23
Points
33Oregon
4-8Previous: -
High: 22 - Michael Lev
Low: NR - 51 Voters
21
Points
34Houston
9-4Previous: 37 ▲
High: 14 - Pat Dooley
Low: NR - 57 Voters
19
Points
35Colorado
10-4Previous: 17 ▼
High: 21 - Scott Wolf
Low: NR - 54 Voters
18
Points
36San Diego State
11-3Previous: 25 ▼
High: 23 - Tom Murphy
Low: NR - 56 Voters
9
Points
UCLA
4-8Previous: -
High: 20 - Jon Wilner
Low: NR - 59 Voters
9
Points
38BYU
9-4Previous: 36 ▼
High: 22 - Sam McKewon
Low: NR - 59 Voters
5
Points
39Appalachian State
10-3Previous: -
High: 24 - Dave Reardon
Low: NR - 58 Voters
4
Points
Nebraska
9-4Previous: 28 ▼
High: 23 - Scott Wolf
Low: NR - 59 Voters
4
Points
Tulsa
10-3Previous: 35 ▼
High: 22 - Dave Reardon
Low: NR - 60 Voters
4
Points
42Kentucky
7-6Previous: -
High: 23 - Pat Dooley
Low: NR - 60 Voters
3
Points
Texas A&M
8-5Previous: -
High: 23 - Dave Foster
Low: NR - 60 Voters
3
Points
44Michigan State
3-9Previous: -
High: 25 - Jon Wilner
Low: NR - 60 Voters
1
Point

Talk about this week's Poll

Highest Rated Ballots

Dave Reardon (30)Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Honolulu, HI)
Soren Petro (23)Sports Radio 810 WHB (Leawood, KS)
Adam Jude (16)The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)

Lowest Rated Ballots

Pat Dooley (-109)The Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, FL)
Sam McKewon (-33)Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE)
Scott Wolf (-29)Los Angeles Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Most Extreme Ballots

Mitch VingleThe Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)
Jon WilnerSan Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
Pat DooleyThe Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, FL)

Least Extreme Ballots

Terry HutchensCNHI Sports Indiana (Indianapolis, IN)
Marc WeiszerAthens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA)
Grace RaynorThe Post and Courier (Greenville, SC)