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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Oct 12, 2025Week 8 Rankings for David Paschall
1Ohio State (50)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 50 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Koki Riley
1631
Points
2Indiana (3)
6-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Ralph Russo
1531
Points
3Miami (FL) (13)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 13 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 15 Voters
1582
Points
4Texas A&M
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 7 Voters
1433
Points
5Ole Miss
6-0Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Koki Riley
1331
Points
6Texas Tech
6-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Spencer Ripchik
1266
Points
7Oregon
5-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Chad Bishop
1175
Points
8Alabama
5-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1315
Points
9Georgia
5-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: 12 - Dylan Sinn
1148
Points
10LSU
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Sean Reider
1012
Points
11Tennessee
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 16 - 3 Voters
939
Points
12Georgia Tech
6-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 25 - Koki Riley
904
Points
13Oklahoma
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Pat Welter
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
786
Points
14BYU
6-0Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Stephen Means
Lowest: NR - Koki Riley
655
Points
15Missouri
5-1Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - Spencer Ripchik
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
649
Points
16Notre Dame
4-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 21 - Randy Johnson
793
Points
17USC
5-1Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
361
Points
18Vanderbilt
5-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 4 Voters
547
Points
19Virginia
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - Koki Riley
521
Points
20Texas
4-2Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
319
Points
21South Florida
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Ian Kress
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
398
Points
22Utah
5-1Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
261
Points
23Memphis
6-0Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - Stephen Means
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
285
Points
24Nebraska
5-1Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
149
Points
25Illinois
5-2Actual: 26
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
113
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Cincinnati