AP Top 25 College Football Poll: Writers Leave Their Mark

The College Football regular season including Championship Weekend is over. The AP writers have spoken on who they think are the top teams in the land. They made choices. We can all agree to disagree on those choices. However, one thing is clear there is no standard between the writers and the committee members.

Championship Weekend never disappoints in College Football. It is the final AP Top 25 College Football until the Final one after the National Championship Game. It will be interesting to see the Final Official Rankings on Sunday afternoon when the bracket gets released.

The Oregon Ducks are proving they are best team in the nation. They won the Big 10 Conference in their first year in the conference. Oregon was the preseason favorite to win and they did. Not bad for a Pac-12 team. Speaking of a Pac-12 team Arizona State won the Big 12 in their first season in that conference. The Sun Devils are up to 10 in the new poll.

Now let’s have a conversation about Penn State. They are number five in the latest poll ahead of Ohio State who is six. Remember Penn State lost to Ohio State, but Ohio State lost to Michigan. But again who does head to head matter. Legitimate question.

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Teams like Texas and Penn State did not get punished for losing close games. Texas lost in overtime is at four, while Notre Dame moved to three behind the SEC Champion in Georgia.

Boise State moved up to eight after winning the Mountain West Conference. Meanwhile Army is up to 19 in the latest poll after winning the American, also in their first year in the conference.

The writers put Alabama at 11 ahead of SMU who is at 12. They made their choice on that debate, we will see what the committee does soon enough.

Here's a full look at the top 25 after Championship Weekend.

Championship Weekend AP Top 25 Poll

First-place votes are in parentheses.

1. Oregon (62)

2. Georgia

3. Notre Dame

4. Texas

5. Penn State

6. Ohio State

7. Tennessee

8. Boise State

9. Indiana

10. Arizona State

11. Alabama

12. SMU

13. Clemson

14. South Carolina

15. Miami (Florida)

16. Ole Miss

17. BYU

18. Iowa State

19. Army

20. Colorado

21. Illinois

22. Syracuse

23. Missouri

24. UNLV

25. Memphis

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 75, Louisville 37, Kansas State 9, Marshall 8, LSU 8, Florida 5, Ohio 2, Tulane 2, Baylor 2, Louisiana 1

Let's see what happens in the next half hour and who gets in.