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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Sep 2, 2025Week 2 Rankings for David Paschall
1Ohio State (55)
1-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 55 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Pete Yanity
1636
Points
2LSU (3)
1-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1514
Points
3Penn State (7)
1-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 3 Voters
1558
Points
4Georgia
1-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1410
Points
5Miami (FL)
1-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1360
Points
6Oregon (1)
1-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: 9 - 7 Voters
1302
Points
7Texas
0-1Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Haley Sawyer
Lowest: 16 - Kevin Carter
1293
Points
8Clemson
0-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Chris Murray
1135
Points
9Illinois
1-0Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Pete Yanity
855
Points
10Notre Dame
0-1Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
1068
Points
11South Carolina
1-0Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - 6 Voters
Lowest: NR - Dylan Sinn
882
Points
12Florida
1-0Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
737
Points
13Michigan
1-0Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
686
Points
14Iowa State
2-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Ian Kress
Lowest: NR - Stephen Means
566
Points
15Arizona State
1-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
850
Points

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16Tennessee
1-0Actual: 22
Highest: 10 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
339
Points
17SMU
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Kevin Carter
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
561
Points
18Ole Miss
1-0Actual: 20
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
393
Points
19Oklahoma
1-0Actual: 18
Highest: 6 - Kevin Carter
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
519
Points

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20Utah
1-0Actual: 25
Highest: 7 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
227
Points

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21Auburn
1-0Actual: 27
Highest: 11 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
94
Points
22Texas A&M
1-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Ralph Russo
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
424
Points

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23Florida State
1-0Actual: 14
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
705
Points
24Texas Tech
1-0Actual: 24
Highest: 10 - Javon Edmonds
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
247
Points
25Alabama
0-1Actual: 21
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
360
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Indiana