Sean ReiderAlbuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM)
E-mail: Sreider@abqjournal.com
Twitter: @lenaweereider
About: Sean Reider covers New Mexico football, golf and other sports for the Albuquerque Journal. His previous bylines include The Daily Telegram, The State News and Mackinac Island Town Crier. Raised in Michigan, Sean attended Michigan State University.


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Sep 27, 2026Week 4 Rankings for Sean Reider
1Texas (62)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 62 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Bob Ballou
1737
Points
2Georgia (6)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Stephen Means
1646
Points
3Miami (FL) (1)
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Creg Stephenson
Lowest: NR - Eric Johnson
1501
Points
4Ohio State
3-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Pat Welter
1465
Points
5Notre Dame
4-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1581
Points
6Florida
4-0Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Matt McGavic
1272
Points
7Alabama
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 12 - Brenna Greene
1305
Points
8Indiana (1)
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 15 - Jon Wilner
1408
Points
9Ole Miss
3-1Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 17 - John Johnson
1089
Points
10LSU
3-1Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1073
Points
11Texas Tech
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Dylan Sinn
1053
Points
12BYU
3-0Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 17 - Ralph Russo
1078
Points
13Utah
4-0Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Nicole Auerbach
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
903
Points
14Iowa
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 23 - Koki Riley
856
Points
15Mississippi State
4-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Kirk Bohls
715
Points

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16UCLA
4-0Actual: 23
Highest: 10 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 26 Voters
218
Points
17Tennessee
3-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
663
Points
18Oklahoma State
3-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - Ralph Russo
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
345
Points
19Oregon
2-1Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Greg Luca
Lowest: 23 - Chris Murray
725
Points
20Boise State
2-1Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
221
Points

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21Nebraska
4-0Actual: 33
Highest: 20 - Greg Luca
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
36
Points
22Houston
3-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
278
Points
23Duke
4-0Actual: 27
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
101
Points

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24Virginia Tech
4-0Actual: 30
Highest: 16 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
86
Points
25Wake Forest
3-1Actual: 29
Highest: 17 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
88
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 18-USC21-SMU24-Kentucky25-Missouri