David PaschallChattanooga Times Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
E-mail: dpaschall@timesfreepress.com
Twitter: @DavidSPaschall
About: David Paschall is a sports writer for the Times Free Press. He started at the Chattanooga Free Press in 1990 and was part of the Times Free Press when the paper started in 1999. David covers University of Georgia football, as well as SEC football recruiting, SEC basketball, Chattanooga Lookouts baseball and other sports stories. He is a Chattanooga native and graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received numerous honors for his journalism, including various Tennessee state sports writing awards. In addition, he is in his fifth year on the voting board of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll and his ninth year on the voting board for the Heisman Trophy; he also serves on the voting board for the Biletnikoff and Lombardi awards. He is a past Southern League writer of the year, a former board member of the Football Writers' Association of America.


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Dec 8, 2024Week 16 Rankings for David Paschall
1Oregon (62)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 62 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 62 Voters
1550
Points
2Georgia
11-2Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 49 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Bob Ballou
1475
Points
3Notre Dame
11-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Brian Fonseca
1398
Points
4Texas
11-2Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Zach Klein
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1345
Points
5Tennessee
10-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Stephen Means
1224
Points
6Ohio State
10-2Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 9 - Sean Reider
1234
Points
7Penn State
11-2Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Kirk Bohls
1258
Points
8Boise State
12-1Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 17 - Koki Riley
1110
Points
9Indiana
11-1Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - Andy Yamashita
Lowest: 13 - Chris Carlson
1051
Points
10South Carolina
9-3Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Stephen Means
769
Points
11Arizona State
11-2Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Chip Towers
1003
Points
12Alabama
9-3Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
837
Points
13Clemson
10-3Actual: 12
Highest: 10 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Zach Klein
833
Points
14SMU
11-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Zach Klein
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
832
Points
15Miami (FL)
10-2Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Stephen Means
696
Points
16Ole Miss
9-3Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Stephen Means
679
Points
17BYU
10-2Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 22 - Chip Towers
531
Points

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18Missouri
9-3Actual: 23
Highest: 17 - Mike Hill
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
228
Points
19Illinois
9-3Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
317
Points
20Syracuse
9-3Actual: 22
Highest: 18 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
234
Points
21Colorado
9-3Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Derek Redd
Lowest: 25 - Chris Carlson
329
Points
22Army
11-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
363
Points
23Texas A&M
8-4Actual: 26
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
75
Points

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24Florida
7-5Actual: 32
Highest: 23 - Ian Kress
Lowest: NR - 59 Voters
5
Points

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25Iowa State
10-3Actual: 18
Highest: 14 - Andy Yamashita
Lowest: NR - Eric Hansen
400
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-UNLV25-Memphis