Haley Sawyer Southern California News Group (Los Angeles, CA) About: Haley Sawyer covers UCLA and high school sports for the Southern California News Group. She’s a Los Angeles transplant who has lived most of her life in Pennsylvania, where she got her start covering Pittsburgh high school sports and college hockey. Sawyer graduated from Robert Morris University in 2015 with a B.A. in communication. When she's not writing, Haley is usually at a boxing gym, ballet studio or teaching journalism at Cal State Northridge.
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Oct 4, 2026 Week 5 Rankings for Haley Sawyer1 Texas (61) 4-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 61 Voters Lowest: 4 - Bob Ballou 1737
2 Georgia (6) 5-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 6 Voters Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters 1647
3 Notre Dame 4-0 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 8 Voters Lowest: 7 - 5 Voters 1532
4 Miami (FL) (2) 4-0 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - 2 Voters Lowest: 7 - 4 Voters 1524
5 Ohio State 3-1 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - 3 Voters Lowest: 7 - 5 Voters 1490
6 Alabama 5-0 Actual: 6Highest: 2 - 5 Voters Lowest: 8 - John Johnson 1460
7 Indiana (1) 4-0 Actual: 7Highest: 1 - Bob Ballou Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner 1380
8 Ole Miss 3-1 Actual: 9Highest: 7 - 2 Voters Lowest: 19 - Murray Evans 1095
9 BYU 3-0 Actual: 8Highest: 7 - Kirk Bohls Lowest: 16 - Mike Griffith 1144
10 LSU 4-1 Actual: 10Highest: 7 - Mike Griffith Lowest: 19 - Stephen Means 1087
11 Texas Tech 5-0 Actual: 11Highest: 7 - 2 Voters Lowest: 20 - Dylan Sinn 1062
12 Utah 4-0 Actual: 12Highest: 8 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - Javon Edmonds 996
13 Oregon 3-1 Actual: 13Highest: 9 - 2 Voters Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters 831
14 Florida 4-0 Actual: 16Highest: 9 - 2 Voters Lowest: 25 - Keara Bruno 691
15 Tennessee 4-1 Actual: 15Highest: 9 - Mike Griffith Lowest: NR - 1 Voters 746
16 USC 5-1 Actual: 19Highest: 13 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 11 Voters 439
17 Missouri 3-1 Actual: 14Highest: 8 - David Briggs Lowest: 23 - Kate Rogerson 755
18 Mississippi State 4-1 Actual: 17Highest: 10 - Greg Luca Lowest: NR - 8 Voters 487
19 Oklahoma State 3-1 Actual: 18Highest: 11 - Ralph Russo Lowest: NR - 11 Voters 477
20 Houston 4-1 Actual: 22Highest: 16 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - 17 Voters 279
21 SMU 4-1 Actual: 24Highest: 13 - Brian Fonseca Lowest: NR - 33 Voters 167
22 Boise State 3-1 Actual: 23Highest: 14 - Kirk Bohls Lowest: NR - 17 Voters 271
23 UCLA 4-0 Actual: 21Highest: 9 - Dylan Sinn Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 287
24 Kentucky 4-1 Actual: 26Highest: 12 - Dave Preston Lowest: NR - 31 Voters 160
25 Pittsburgh 5-0 Actual: 25Highest: 11 - Stephen Means Lowest: NR - 27 Voters 162
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Iowa
