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Madison HricikThe (Cedar Rapids) Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
E-mail: madison.hricik@thegazette.om
Twitter: @SportingMads
About: I cover the Iowa Football beat, bringing experience from reporting at major East Coast outlets including The Buffalo News, The News & Observer, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, and The Associated Press. I earned a master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University in 2025, where I was part of the sports media communications cohort, and a bachelor’s degree in media arts and design with a minor in sports communication from James Madison University in 2023.


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Oct 11, 2026Week 6 Rankings for Madison Hricik
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
4Texas
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Koki Riley
1371
Points
5Ohio State
5-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1508
Points
6Indiana (1)
5-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1461
Points
7Alabama
5-1Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1372
Points
8BYU
5-0Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Mike Griffith
1237
Points
9Ole Miss
3-1Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Ralph Russo
1135
Points
10Texas Tech
5-0Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1132
Points
11UCLA
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 21 - Pete Yanity
951
Points
12Utah
5-0Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
1073
Points
13Missouri
4-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
882
Points
14Tennessee
4-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
706
Points
15Mississippi State
4-1Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
650
Points
16Oklahoma State
3-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Mike Griffith
604
Points
17Iowa
5-1Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
621
Points
18USC
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Henry Greenstein
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
505
Points
19Kentucky
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
655
Points
20Houston
4-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
380
Points
21Boise State
4-1Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
268
Points
22SMU
4-1Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
142
Points
23Wake Forest
5-1Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
326
Points
24Arizona
4-1Actual: 28
Highest: 12 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
82
Points

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This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
25James Madison
6-0Actual: 31
Highest: 20 - Brian Fonseca
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
29
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-LSU25-Northwestern