Note: J.P. Giglio votes in the AP Top 25. This is his ballot for Sept. 5.
My Top 4 remains the same with just about every other position changing. That’s the way it works when there are actual games to base the voting on.
I’m sticking with Notre Dame at the top, despite the close call, because: 1) Georgia Tech’s a good team; 2) It was on the road; 3) The knock on the Irish is supposed to be their defense, and if anything, that performance only bolstered their argument for No. 1.
Cal (6 to 22) takes a long drop for obvious reasons as does Oklahoma (5 to 16), which simply didn’t look like a top 10 team in beating UAB.
Florida (18 to 10) and Tennessee (25 to 14) are the big jumpers with Nebraska, UCLA and Rutgers replacing BYU, which lost, Arizona State and Michigan State, two teams that struggled to beat weak programs.
| Last week | |
| 1. Notre Dame | 1 |
| 2. Auburn | 2 |
| 3. Ohio State | 3 |
| 4. Texas | 4 |
| 5. USC | 7 |
| 6. LSU | 9 |
| 7. Louisville | 8 |
| 8. Iowa | 10 |
| 9. Clemson | 11 |
| 10. Florida | 18 |
| 11. Florida State | 13 |
| 12. West Virginia | 12 |
| 13. Michigan | 14 |
| 14. Tennessee | 25 |
| 15. Virginia Tech | 16 |
| 16. Oklahoma | 5 |
| 17. Georgia | 17 |
| 18. Georgia Tech | 15 |
| 19. Miami | 21 |
| 20. Penn State | 20 |
| 21. Oregon | 23 |
| 22. Cal | 6 |
| 23. Nebraska | — |
| 24. UCLA | — |
| 25. Rutgers | — |
In: Nebraska (23), UCLA (24), Rutgers (25)
Out: Arizona State (19), Brigham Young (22), Michigan State (24)
