Week 14 College Football Rankings: Brett McMurphy’s Updated AP Top 25 Poll Ballot vs Our Betting Power Ratings
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Georgia stays at No. 1 on my Associated Press Top 25 ballot this week, while Michigan climbs up to No. 2 after beating rival Ohio State.
Washington, Florida State, Texas, Oregon and Alabama all moved up a spot after wins last week.
There are four new teams in my Top 25 ballot this week is Troy, Toledo, SMU and Clemson.
Here's my updated AP ballot compared with Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s betting power rankings.
1
AP
Georgia Bulldogs
1
PR
2
AP
Michigan Wolverines
3
PR
3
AP
Washington Huskies
7
PR
4
AP
Florida State Seminoles
15
PR
5
AP
Texas Longhorns
6
PR
6
AP
Oregon Ducks
2
PR
7
AP
Alabama Crimson Tide
5
PR
8
AP
Ohio State Buckeyes
4
PR
9
AP
Missouri Tigers
12
PR
10
AP
Ole Miss Rebels
14
PR
Collin agrees with my ranking of Georgia at No. 1. We also have Michigan, Washington, Texas, Oregon, Alabama and Ohio State among our top 10 teams.
The biggest difference in this grouping is Florida State. I have FSU at No. 4, while Collin power-rates the Seminoles at No. 15 with Tate Rodemaker at the helm.
11
AP
Arizona Wildcats
18
PR
12
AP
LSU Tigers
8
PR
13
AP
Oklahoma Sooners
11
PR
14
AP
Penn State Nittany Lions
10
PR
15
AP
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
9
PR
16
AP
Oklahoma State Cowboys
29
PR
17
AP
Louisville Cardinals
25
PR
18
AP
Iowa Hawkeyes
53
PR
19
AP
Liberty Flames
49
PR
20
AP
Tulane Green Wave
47
PR
Collin and I don't have a ton of agreement on our teams ranked between Nos. 11-20 — only two teams are in the same range (Arizona and Oklahoma).
The biggest disagreements are Iowa, Liberty and Tulane, which I ranked No. 18, No. 19 and No. 20, respectively. Collin doesn’t have any of those teams in the top 45 of his betting power ratings.
21
AP
NC State Wolfpack
39
PR
22
AP
Troy Trojans
38
PR
23
AP
Clemson Tigers
16
PR
24
AP
SMU Mustangs
35
PR
25
AP
New Mexico State Aggies
85
PR
My final five teams are also much different than Collin’s. The biggest disparity is New Mexico State, which I have at No. 25 and Collin put at No. 85.
Collin also has eight teams in the top 25 of his betting power ratings that I did not rank on my AP Top 25 ballot: No. 13 Kansas State, No. 17 Tennessee, No. 19 UCLA, No. 20 Oregon State, No. 21 Utah, No. 22 USC, No. 23 Texas A&M and No. 24 Kansas.
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