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 4, 2026Week 5 Rankings for David Paschall
1Georgia (6)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1647
Points
2Texas (61)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Bob Ballou
1737
Points
3Notre Dame
4-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 5 Voters
1532
Points
4Alabama
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - John Johnson
1460
Points
5Miami (FL) (2)
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 4 Voters
1524
Points
6Indiana (1)
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 1 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1380
Points
7Ohio State
3-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 5 Voters
1490
Points
8Ole Miss
3-1Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Murray Evans
1095
Points
9LSU
4-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Mike Griffith
Lowest: 19 - Stephen Means
1087
Points
10BYU
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 7 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 16 - Mike Griffith
1144
Points
11Utah
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Javon Edmonds
996
Points
12Texas Tech
5-0Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Dylan Sinn
1062
Points
13Tennessee
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Mike Griffith
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
746
Points
14Missouri
3-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - David Briggs
Lowest: 23 - Kate Rogerson
755
Points
15Oregon
3-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
831
Points
16Florida
4-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Keara Bruno
691
Points
17USC
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
439
Points
18Mississippi State
4-1Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Greg Luca
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
487
Points

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19Wisconsin
3-1Actual: 28
Highest: 15 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 51 Voters
88
Points
20Iowa
4-1Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
367
Points
21UCLA
4-0Actual: 21
Highest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
287
Points
22Houston
4-1Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
279
Points
23SMU
4-1Actual: 24
Highest: 13 - Brian Fonseca
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
167
Points

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24Northwestern
3-1Actual: 30
Highest: 17 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
59
Points
25Kentucky
4-1Actual: 26
Highest: 12 - Dave Preston
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
160
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 18-Oklahoma State23-Boise State25-Pittsburgh