This Oct. 14, 2017 photo shows Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham looking on from the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college football game against the Southern California in Los Angeles. Whittingham joked with his sports information director near the end of his weekly news conference, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 saying, “Save me, Liz. Save me.” Things have fallen apart for Utah and there’s no clear explanation why. Whittingham has taken responsibility and said the coaches need to be better, but production has fallen off across the board. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)
The following ballot was submitted to the Associated Press on Saturday evening. The next, and last, AP top-25 poll will be published after the national championship game on Jan. 9 …
1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Ohio State
4. TCU
5. Clemson
6. Utah
7. USC
8. Alabama
9. Penn State
10. Tennessee
11. Washington
12. Kansas State
13. LSU
14. Oregon
15. Tulane
16. UCLA
17. Oregon State
18. Florida State
19. Texas
20. Troy
21. Notre Dame
22. Cincinnati
23. Mississippi State
24. UTSA
25. South Carolina
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