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Nicole AuerbachNBC Sports (Chicago, IL)
Twitter: @NicoleAuerbach



Ballot Score

-36

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Sep 21, 2025Week 5 Rankings for Nicole Auerbach
1Ohio State (52)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1629
Points
2Miami (FL) (7)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 6 Voters
1479
Points
3Oregon (1)
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: 10 - Javon Edmonds
1404
Points
4LSU
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Stephen Means
1433
Points
5Georgia
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1420
Points
6Penn State (5)
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1460
Points
7Texas
3-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Sean Reider
1057
Points
8Florida State
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - Koki Riley
1183
Points
9Texas A&M
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Ralph Russo
Lowest: 15 - Louie Vaccher
1072
Points
10Oklahoma (1)
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 1 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 15 - Kirk Kenney
1194
Points
11Indiana
4-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 16 - Bob Ballou
990
Points
12Texas Tech
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Sean Reider
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
890
Points
13Alabama
2-1Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
595
Points
14Iowa State
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Ian Kress
Lowest: 25 - Koki Riley
779
Points
15Tennessee
3-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - Stephen Means
635
Points
16Ole Miss
4-0Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
843
Points
17Michigan
3-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Louie Vaccher
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
458
Points
18Notre Dame
1-2Actual: 22
Highest: 10 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
219
Points
19Georgia Tech
4-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Greg Madia
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
598
Points
20Vanderbilt
4-0Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: 24 - Aaron McMann
546
Points
21Missouri
4-0Actual: 20
Highest: 9 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
452
Points
22USC
4-0Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
264
Points
23Illinois
3-1Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Pat Welter
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
145
Points
24TCU
3-0Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
138
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
25Maryland
4-0Actual: 33
Highest: 24 - Chad Bishop
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
6
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-BYU