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Eric HansenThe South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN)
Twitter: @ehansennd
About: Notre Dame football beat writer for the South Bend Tribune. Co-host of Weekday SportsBeat on WSBT radio (960-AM, 96.1 FB, wsbtradio.com). 


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Oct 12, 2025Week 8 Rankings for Eric Hansen
1Ohio State (50)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 50 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Koki Riley
1631
Points
2Miami (FL) (13)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 13 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 15 Voters
1582
Points
3Texas A&M
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 7 Voters
1433
Points
4Indiana (3)
6-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Ralph Russo
1531
Points
5Ole Miss
6-0Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Koki Riley
1331
Points
6Alabama
5-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1315
Points
7Texas Tech
6-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Spencer Ripchik
1266
Points
8Georgia
5-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: 12 - Dylan Sinn
1148
Points
9LSU
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Sean Reider
1012
Points
10Oregon
5-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Chad Bishop
1175
Points
11Tennessee
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 16 - 3 Voters
939
Points
12Notre Dame
4-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 21 - Randy Johnson
793
Points
13Georgia Tech
6-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 25 - Koki Riley
904
Points
14Oklahoma
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Pat Welter
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
786
Points
15South Florida
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Ian Kress
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
398
Points
16Vanderbilt
5-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 4 Voters
547
Points
17Missouri
5-1Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - Spencer Ripchik
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
649
Points
18USC
5-1Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
361
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
21Memphis
6-0Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - Stephen Means
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
285
Points
22Nebraska
5-1Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
149
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
23BYU
6-0Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Stephen Means
Lowest: NR - Koki Riley
655
Points
24Utah
5-1Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
261
Points
25Cincinnati
5-1Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
184
Points