Behind the Ballot: An inside look at the AP poll after a Week 9 shakeup

Editor’s note: The Athletic staff editor Matt Brown is in his third year on the AP Top 25 panel. Each week, he takes you inside the mind of a voter for insight into the process, noteworthy debates, poll history and more.

For the first six weeks, little at the top of the AP poll changed beyond some mild reshuffling. But each of the past three weeks, a top-six team has lost to an unranked opponent, shaking up the top 10 and creating plenty of intrigue as the 2019 season moves into November.