David PaschallChattanooga Times Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
E-mail: dpaschall@timesfreepress.com
Twitter: @DavidSPaschall
About: David Paschall is a sports writer for the Times Free Press. He started at the Chattanooga Free Press in 1990 and was part of the Times Free Press when the paper started in 1999. David covers University of Georgia football, as well as SEC football recruiting, SEC basketball, Chattanooga Lookouts baseball and other sports stories. He is a Chattanooga native and graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received numerous honors for his journalism, including various Tennessee state sports writing awards. In addition, he is in his fifth year on the voting board of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll and his ninth year on the voting board for the Heisman Trophy; he also serves on the voting board for the Biletnikoff and Lombardi awards. He is a past Southern League writer of the year, a former board member of the Football Writers' Association of America.


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Dec 7, 2025Week 16 Rankings for David Paschall
1Indiana (66)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 66 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 66 Voters
1650
Points
2Georgia
12-1Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 35 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1550
Points
3Ohio State
12-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 29 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 9 Voters
1538
Points
4Texas Tech
12-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 3 Voters
1452
Points
5Ole Miss
11-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: 9 - Jon Wilner
1323
Points
6Oregon
11-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Koki Riley
1358
Points
7Texas A&M
11-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Jon Wilner
1278
Points
8Oklahoma
10-2Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 13 - Damien Sordelett
1154
Points
9Notre Dame
10-2Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 6 Voters
1094
Points
10Alabama
10-3Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Sean Reider
973
Points
11Vanderbilt
10-2Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Mason Young
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
880
Points
12BYU
11-2Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Shaun Goodwin
Lowest: 18 - Ian Kress
899
Points
13Utah
10-2Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
748
Points
14Miami (FL)
10-2Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1017
Points
15Texas
9-3Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 15 - 11 Voters
872
Points
16USC
9-3Actual: 16
Highest: 14 - Greg Madia
Lowest: NR - Brett McMurphy
609
Points
17Michigan
9-3Actual: 18
Highest: 16 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Jordan McPherson
503
Points
18James Madison
12-1Actual: 19
Highest: 9 - Alex Taylor
Lowest: NR - Koki Riley
490
Points
19Tulane
11-2Actual: 17
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Koki Riley
521
Points
20Navy
9-2Actual: 22
Highest: 19 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
173
Points
21Arizona
9-3Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
322
Points

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22Tennessee
8-4Actual: 28
Highest: 20 - Rece Davis
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
61
Points
23Georgia Tech
9-3Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
147
Points
24Virginia
10-3Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Sean Reider
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
323
Points
25Missouri
8-4Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
92
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-North Texas