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John ClayLexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY)
E-mail: jclay@herald-leader.com
Twitter: @johnclayiv



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Jan 21, 2025Final Rankings Rankings for John Clay
1Ohio State (56)
14-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 56 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 56 Voters
1400
Points
2Notre Dame
14-2Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 54 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1342
Points
3Oregon
13-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1255
Points
4Georgia
11-3Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Stephen Means
1141
Points
5Texas
13-3Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 15 Voters
1211
Points
6Penn State
13-3Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 5 Voters
1203
Points
7Arizona State
11-3Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 11 - David Paschall
1041
Points
8Tennessee
10-3Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Chris Carlson
945
Points
9Boise State
12-2Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
958
Points
10Indiana
11-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
906
Points
11Clemson
10-4Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 21 - Rece Davis
712
Points
12SMU
11-3Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 18 - Pete Yanity
721
Points
13Ole Miss
10-3Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: 25 - Stephen Means
780
Points
14Iowa State
11-3Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
594
Points
15Illinois
10-3Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Derek Redd
533
Points
16Alabama
9-4Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
415
Points
17Miami (FL)
10-3Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Chris Carlson
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
411
Points
18South Carolina
9-4Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
405
Points
19Missouri
10-3Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - David Paschall
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
266
Points

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20BYU
11-2Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Bob Ballou
718
Points
21UNLV
11-3Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Stephen Means
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
178
Points
22Syracuse
10-3Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 24 - 3 Voters
320
Points

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23Louisville
9-4Actual: 28
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
38
Points

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24Michigan
8-5Actual: 29
Highest: 18 - Koki Riley
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
36
Points
25Navy
10-3Actual: 26
Highest: 17 - Dave Preston
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
55
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Army24-Memphis25-Colorado