My top 25 and my playoff projection halfway through the season:
- Texas Longhorns 5-0: vs 22 Oklahoma
- Ohio State Buckeyes 5-0: at 5 Oregon
- Alabama Crimson Tide 4-1: vs South Carolina
- Georgia Bulldogs 4-1: vs Mississippi State
- Oregon Ducks 5-0: vs 2 Ohio State
- Ole Miss Rebels 5-1: at 12 LSU
- Miami Hurricanes 6-0: BYE
- Penn State Nittany Lions 5-0: at USC
- Tennessee Volunteers 4-1: vs Florida
- Clemson Tigers 4-1: at Wake Forest
- Texas A&M Aggies 5-1: BYE
- LSU Tigers 4-1: vs 6 Ole Miss
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4-1: vs Stanford
- Boise State Broncos 4-1: at Hawaii
- Kentucky Wildcats 3-2: vs Vanderbilt
- BYU Cougars 5-0: vs Arizona
- Utah Utes 4-1: at Arizona State
- Kansas State Wildcats 4-1: at Colorado
- Indiana Hoosiers 6-0: BYE
- Missouri Tigers 4-1: at UMass
- Pittsburgh Panthers 5-0: vs Cal
- Oklahoma Sooners 4-1: vs 1 Texas
- Tulane Green Wave 4-2: BYE
- SMU Mustangs 5-1: BYE
- Arkansas Razorbacks 4-2: BYE
Dropped Out
#13 Michigan Wolverines
#14 USC Trojans
#24 UNLV Rebels
#25 Louisville Cardinals
Just Missed
- Navy Midshipmen
- Army Black Knights
- Iowa State Cyclones
- Texas Tech Red Raiders
- Illinois Fighting Illini
Conference Comparison
SEC: 11 (1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 15, 20, 22, 25)
Big Ten: 4 (2, 5, 8, 19)
ACC: 4 (7, 10, 21, 24)
Big 12: 3 (16, 17, 18)
Independent: 1 (13)
Mountain West: 1 (14)
American: 1 (23)
Playoffs
1 Texas
2 Ohio State
3 Miami
4 Boise State
5 Alabama vs 12 BYU
6 Georgia vs 11 Clemson
7 Oregon vs 10 Tennessee
8 Ole Miss vs 9 Penn State