Jordan McPhersonMiami Herald (Miami, FL)
About: Jordan McPherson covers the Miami Marlins and high school sports for the Miami Herald. He attended the University of Florida and covered the Gators athletic program for five years before joining the Herald staff in December 2017.


Ballot Score

-60

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Sep 21, 2025Week 5 Rankings for Jordan McPherson
1Ohio State (52)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1629
Points
2Georgia
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1420
Points
3Miami (FL) (7)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 6 Voters
1479
Points
4LSU
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Stephen Means
1433
Points
5Oregon (1)
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: 10 - Javon Edmonds
1404
Points
6Penn State (5)
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1460
Points
7Texas A&M
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Ralph Russo
Lowest: 15 - Louie Vaccher
1072
Points
8Oklahoma (1)
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 1 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 15 - Kirk Kenney
1194
Points
9Florida State
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - Koki Riley
1183
Points
10Ole Miss
4-0Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
843
Points
11Texas
3-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Sean Reider
1057
Points
12Indiana
4-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 16 - Bob Ballou
990
Points
13Alabama
2-1Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
595
Points
14Georgia Tech
4-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Greg Madia
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
598
Points
15Vanderbilt
4-0Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: 24 - Aaron McMann
546
Points
16Iowa State
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Ian Kress
Lowest: 25 - Koki Riley
779
Points
17Tennessee
3-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - Stephen Means
635
Points

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18Texas Tech
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Sean Reider
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
890
Points

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19Mississippi State
4-0Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Brenna Greene
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
102
Points
20USC
4-0Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
264
Points
21Missouri
4-0Actual: 20
Highest: 9 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
452
Points
22Auburn
3-1Actual: 26
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
122
Points
23Notre Dame
1-2Actual: 22
Highest: 10 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
219
Points

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24Michigan
3-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Louie Vaccher
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
458
Points
25Illinois
3-1Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Pat Welter
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
145
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-TCU25-BYU