Andy YamashitaThe Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
E-mail: ayamashita@seattletimes.com
Twitter: @ANYamashita
About: Seattle Times staff reporter Andy Yamashita covers UW football.


Ballot Score

-35

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Oct 4, 2026Week 5 Rankings for Andy Yamashita
1Texas (61)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Bob Ballou
1737
Points
2Georgia (6)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1647
Points
3Indiana (1)
5-0Actual: 7
Highest: 1 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1380
Points
4Ohio State
4-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 5 Voters
1490
Points
5Alabama
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - John Johnson
1460
Points
6Notre Dame
5-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 5 Voters
1532
Points
7Miami (FL) (2)
5-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 4 Voters
1524
Points
8Texas Tech
5-0Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Dylan Sinn
1062
Points
9Ole Miss
3-1Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Murray Evans
1095
Points
10LSU
4-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Mike Griffith
Lowest: 19 - Stephen Means
1087
Points
11BYU
4-0Actual: 8
Highest: 7 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 16 - Mike Griffith
1144
Points
12Tennessee
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Mike Griffith
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
746
Points
13Utah
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Javon Edmonds
996
Points
14Missouri
4-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - David Briggs
Lowest: 23 - Kate Rogerson
755
Points
15Florida
4-1Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Keara Bruno
691
Points
16Iowa
4-1Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
367
Points
17Oklahoma State
3-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Ralph Russo
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
477
Points

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18Oregon
3-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
831
Points
19Mississippi State
4-1Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Greg Luca
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
487
Points
20Houston
4-1Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
279
Points
21SMU
4-1Actual: 24
Highest: 13 - Brian Fonseca
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
167
Points
22UCLA
4-0Actual: 21
Highest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
287
Points
23Boise State
4-1Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
271
Points
24Pittsburgh
5-0Actual: 25
Highest: 11 - Stephen Means
Lowest: NR - 27 Voters
162
Points

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25Northwestern
3-1Actual: 30
Highest: 17 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
59
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-USC