Toppmeyer: How I voted in this week's AP poll, including strong SEC presence at the top
Blake Toppmeyer, the Tennessee football beat writer for the Knoxville News Sentinel and USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee, is a voter in the AP Top 25 poll.
LSU knocked off its second top-10 opponent of the season by defeating Auburn 22-21 on the road Saturday, and the Tigers look like an early contender in the SEC. The Tigers have both Alabama and Georgia on the schedule but at least get those teams at home.
LSU rallied past a 21-10 deficit on Saturday.
I didn't have LSU ranked on my preseason ballot. But after wins over Miami and AU, the Tigers have my attention. I put them at No. 6 on my ballot this week, and that's where they landed in the poll.
Wisconsin tumbled down my ballot and in the poll after losing 24-21 to BYU, and Boise State and Hawaii fell off my ballot after Saturday losses.
Here is my ballot, followed by the AP poll.
Toppmeyer's ballot
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Clemson
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- Stanford
- Notre Dame
- Auburn
- Washington
- Central Florida
- Penn State
- Mississippi State
- West Virginia
- TCU
- Wisconsin
- Virginia Tech
- Oklahoma State
- Texas A&M
- Michigan
- Oregon
- Miami
- Duke
- Iowa
- Kentucky
AP poll
- Alabama (58)
- Georgia
- Clemson (3)
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- LSU
- Stanford
- Notre Dame
- Auburn
- Washington
- Penn State
- West Virginia
- Virginia Tech
- Mississippi State
- Oklahoma State
- Central Florida
- TCU
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- Oregon
- Miami
- Texas A&M
- Boston College
- Michigan State
- BYU