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Randy JohnsonMinneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
E-mail: rjohnson@startribune.com
Twitter: @RJstrib
About: Randy Johnson covers University of Minnesota football and college football for the Star Tribune, along with serving as a producer for Puck Drop, the Star Tribune’s enhanced online hockey coverage. Johnson also spent 17 years as sports copy editor/layout editor at the Star Tribune after five years in a similar role with the St. Paul Pioneer Press. From 1991 through 1995, he was assistant sports editor and Penn State football beat writer for the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa.


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Sep 21, 2025Week 5 Rankings for Randy Johnson
1Miami (FL) (7)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 6 Voters
1479
Points
2Ohio State (52)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1629
Points
3LSU
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Stephen Means
1433
Points
4Georgia
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1420
Points
5Penn State (5)
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1460
Points
6Oregon (1)
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: 10 - Javon Edmonds
1404
Points
7Florida State
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - Koki Riley
1183
Points
8Indiana
4-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 16 - Bob Ballou
990
Points
9Texas
3-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Sean Reider
1057
Points
10Oklahoma (1)
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 1 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 15 - Kirk Kenney
1194
Points
11Ole Miss
4-0Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
843
Points
12Texas Tech
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Sean Reider
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
890
Points
13Iowa State
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Ian Kress
Lowest: 25 - Koki Riley
779
Points

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14Texas A&M
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Ralph Russo
Lowest: 15 - Louie Vaccher
1072
Points

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15USC
4-0Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
264
Points
16Vanderbilt
4-0Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: 24 - Aaron McMann
546
Points
17Tennessee
3-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - Stephen Means
635
Points
18Georgia Tech
4-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Greg Madia
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
598
Points
19Missouri
4-0Actual: 20
Highest: 9 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
452
Points
20Alabama
2-1Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
595
Points
21Michigan
3-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Louie Vaccher
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
458
Points
22TCU
3-0Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
138
Points
23Illinois
3-1Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Pat Welter
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
145
Points

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24Memphis
4-0Actual: 31
Highest: 22 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
23
Points
25Mississippi State
4-0Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Brenna Greene
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
102
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Notre Dame25-BYU