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