No. 6 (13 votes): Aditi Kinkhabwala (The Bergen Record), Jake Schaller (The Gazette, Colorado Springs), Jason Franchuk (Provo Daily Herald), John Heuser (The Ann Arbor News), Jon Wilner (San Jose Mercury News), Mark Anderson (Las Vegas Review-Journal), Mark Tupper (Decatur Herald & Review), Maurice Patton (The Tennessean), Mike Ceide (WREG-TV, Memphis), Ray Ratto (San Francisco Chronicle), Sal Interdonato (Time Herald-Record, New York), Steve Sipple (Lincoln Journal Star), Taylor Zarzour (WPTF-AM, North Carolina).

No. 7 (23 votes): Barker Davis (Washington Times), Bill Cole (Winston-Salem Journal), Bob Hammond (Laramie Boomerang), Chris Fowler (ESPN), Doug Segrest (Birmingham News), Ferd Lewis (Honolulu Advertiser), Jim Mashek (Sun Herald, Mississippi), Jimmy Burch (Fort Worth Star-Telegram), John Silver (Journal Inquirer, Connecticut), Jon Johnson (Dothan Eagle), Joseph Duarte (Houston Chronicle), Kent Taylor (WAVE-3, Louisville), Kirk Bohls (Austin American Statesman), Kirk Herbstreit (ESPN), Marcus Fuller (St. Paul Pioneer Press), Mike Prater (Idaho Statesman), Myron Patton (KOKH-TV, Oklahoma City), Pete DiPrimio (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel), Randy Harrison (Albuquerque Journal), Randy Rosetta (The Baton Rouge Advocate), Robbie Andreu (Gainesville Sun), Steve Conroy (Boston Herald), Tom Murphy (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette).

No. 8 (16 votes): Adam Van Brimmer (Savannah Morning News), Anthony Gimino (Tucson Citizen), Bret Bloomquist (El Paso Times), Doug Lesmerises (Plain Dealer), Herb Gould (Chicago Sun-Times), Jeff White (Richmond Times- Dispatch), Jim Lamar (Tallahassee Democrat), Joe Person (The State, South Carolina), Joe Rexrode (Lansing State Journal), Keith Pearson (Riverside Press-Enterprise), Matt McCoy (WTVN-AM, Ohio), Mitch Vingle (The Charleston Gazette), Molly Yanity (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), Scott Wolf (Los Angeles Daily News), Tom Keegan (Lawrence Journal World), Tom Mulhern (Wisconsin State Journal).

No. 9 (7 votes): Craig James (ABC). Eric Hansen (South Bend Tribune), Glenn Guilbeau (Gannett Louisiana News Service), John Hunt (Oregonian), Mike DeArmond (Kansas City Star), Ray Fittipaldo (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Stewart Mandel (SI.com).

No. 10 (1 vote): Jeff McLane (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

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No. 5 (3 votes): Joe Glenn (Wyoming), Kyle Whittingham (Utah), Urban Meyer (Florida).

No. 6 (7 votes): Doug Martin (Kent State), Frank Solich (Ohio), Jim Leavitt (South Florida), Mario Cristobal (Florida International), Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee), Shane Montgomery (Miami, Ohio), Todd Graham (Tulsa).