Staff writer Bob Asmussen is a voting member of the AP Top 25 football panel. Here is this week's ballot:
1. Ohio State
2. Baylor
3. Michigan State
4. TCU
5. LSU
6. Alabama
7. Clemson
8. Iowa
9. Oklahoma State
10. Stanford
11. Notre Dame
12. Memphis
13. Florida
14. Oklahoma
15. Utah
16. Florida State
17. Houston
18. Michigan
19. Toledo
20. Mississippi
21. North Carolina
22. Mississippi State
23. UCLA
24. Wisconsin
25.Temple