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 11, 2026Week 6 Rankings for David Paschall
1Georgia (66)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 66 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Bob Ballou
1745
Points
2Notre Dame (1)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Brian Howell
Lowest: 5 - 7 Voters
1630
Points
3Miami (FL) (2)
5-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Stephen Means
1594
Points
4Indiana (1)
5-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1461
Points
5Ohio State
5-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1508
Points
6Alabama
5-1Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1372
Points
7Texas
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Koki Riley
1371
Points
8Ole Miss
3-1Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Ralph Russo
1135
Points
9BYU
5-0Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Mike Griffith
1237
Points
10Utah
5-0Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
1073
Points
11Texas Tech
5-0Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1132
Points
12Missouri
4-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
882
Points
13UCLA
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 21 - Pete Yanity
951
Points
14Iowa
5-1Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
621
Points
15Tennessee
4-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
706
Points
16USC
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Henry Greenstein
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
505
Points
17Mississippi State
4-1Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
650
Points
18Houston
4-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
380
Points
19Kentucky
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
655
Points

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20Wisconsin
4-1Actual: 26
Highest: 13 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
92
Points
21Northwestern
3-1Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
112
Points
22SMU
4-1Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
142
Points

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23Oklahoma State
3-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Mike Griffith
604
Points
24Wake Forest
5-1Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
326
Points
25LSU
4-1Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - Nick Jacobs
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
274
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Boise State