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David PaschallChattanooga Times Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
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.


Ballot Score

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Sep 21, 2025Week 5 Rankings for David Paschall
1Ohio State (52)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1629
Points
2Miami (FL) (7)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 6 Voters
1479
Points
3LSU
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Stephen Means
1433
Points
4Penn State (5)
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1460
Points
5Oregon (1)
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: 10 - Javon Edmonds
1404
Points
6Georgia
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1420
Points
7Oklahoma (1)
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 1 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 15 - Kirk Kenney
1194
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
8Ole Miss
4-0Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
843
Points
9Florida State
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - Koki Riley
1183
Points
10Texas
3-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Sean Reider
1057
Points
11Texas A&M
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Ralph Russo
Lowest: 15 - Louie Vaccher
1072
Points
12Indiana
4-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 16 - Bob Ballou
990
Points
13Texas Tech
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Sean Reider
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
890
Points
14Tennessee
3-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - Stephen Means
635
Points
15Iowa State
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Ian Kress
Lowest: 25 - Koki Riley
779
Points
16Alabama
2-1Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
595
Points
17Vanderbilt
4-0Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: 24 - Aaron McMann
546
Points
18Georgia Tech
4-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Greg Madia
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
598
Points
19Missouri
4-0Actual: 20
Highest: 9 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
452
Points
20Michigan
3-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Louie Vaccher
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
458
Points
21Notre Dame
1-2Actual: 22
Highest: 10 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
219
Points
22USC
4-0Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
264
Points
23Auburn
3-1Actual: 26
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
122
Points
24Illinois
3-1Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Pat Welter
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
145
Points
25Mississippi State
4-0Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Brenna Greene
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
102
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-TCU25-BYU