College Football Rankings for Week 8: Brett McMurphy’s AP Top 25 Poll Ballot vs. Our Betting Power Ratings
Donald Page/Getty Images. Pictured: Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium.
My Associated Press Top 25 ballot has a much different view at the top this week: Rocky Top. Tennessee moves up to the top spot after the Vols’ 52-49 win over Alabama.
On my ballot, the Vols, ranked No. 5 last week, jumped Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson. Ohio State dropped one spot to No. 2 on my ballot, while Georgia and Clemson remained at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Alabama fell to No. 5, one spot ahead of No. 6 Michigan.
The rest of my Top 10 consists of No. 7 TCU, No. 8 UCLA, No. 9 Ole Miss and No. 10 Oregon.
After a weekend in which six undefeated teams lost, I have three new teams on my Top 25 ballot this week: Kentucky, Tulane and Purdue.
Here's my Top 25 ballot compared to Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s betting power ratings.
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Brett McMurphy's Week 8 AP Top 25 Ballot
AP denotes Brett McMurphy's Associated Press Top 25 ballot.
PR denotes Collin Wilson's College Football Betting Power Ratings.
1
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/ten.png)
Tennessee
6
2
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/osu.png)
Ohio State
1
3
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/uga.png)
Georgia
2
4
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/cle.png)
Clemson
4
5
![](https://images.actionnetwork.com/blog/2021/12/Alabama-alternate-logo-100-100.png)
Alabama
3
6
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/mich.png)
Michigan
5
7
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/tcu.png)
TCU
8
8
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/ucla.png)
UCLA
28
9
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/mis.png)
Ole Miss
16
10
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/ore.png)
Oregon
9
While I ranked Tennessee No. 1, Collin doesn’t have the Vols in his top four. He puts the Vols at No. 5 behind Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama and Clemson.
Among the top-10 teams on my ballot, Collin also has Michigan, TCU and Oregon rated in his top 10. Our biggest disagreements are UCLA and Ole Miss. I ranked the Bruins at No. 8, while Collin rates them down at 28. I have the Rebels at No. 9, with Collin rating Ole Miss at No. 16.
11
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/oks.png)
Oklahoma State
13
12
![](https://images.actionnetwork.com/blog/2021/11/2021-USC-Logo-100.png)
USC
15
13
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/kstd.png)
Kansas State
23
14
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/syr.png)
Syracuse
45
15
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/uth.png)
Utah
11
16
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/wf.png)
Wake Forest
30
17
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/ill.png)
Illinois
42
18
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/tex.png)
Texas
7
19
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/nc.png)
North Carolina
36
20
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/psu.png)
Penn State
14
There isn’t much agreement for the teams I ranked Nos. 11-20. Only four — Oklahoma State, USC, Utah and Penn State — are among Collin’s teams rated 11-20.
The biggest differences between my ballot and Collin’s ratings among these schools are Syracuse, Illinois and North Carolina. While I have them rated in my top 20, Collin rates Syracuse No. 45, Illinois No. 42 and North Carolina No. 36.
21
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Kentucky
26
22
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/msst.png)
Mississippi State
12
23
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/pur.png)
Purdue
29
24
![](https://images.actionnetwork.com/blog/2021/11/tulane-angry-wave-100.png)
Tulane
49
25
![](https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/cin.png)
Cincinnati
18
There’s no surprise that Collin and I have no agreement on my final five teams.
Kentucky and Cincinnati are the only teams Collin and I have ranked somewhat similarly. The biggest disagreement is Tulane, which I ranked No. 24 and Collin put at No. 49.
Also, Collin had eight teams in the top 25 of his betting power ratings that I did not rank on my Top 25 ballot this week: No. 10 Florida State, No. 17 Baylor, No. 19 Texas A&M, No. 20 Oklahoma, No. 21 Arkansas, No. 22 Notre Dame, No. 24 Pitt and No. 25 LSU.
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