Week 3 College Football Rankings: Brett McMurphy’s AP Top 25 Poll Ballot vs. Our Betting Power Ratings

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Georgia remains at the top of my Associated Press Top 25 ballot, but there are some new faces this week.

Hello, Northern Illinois, Illinois and Nebraska. Welcome to my Top 25 ballot. Hopefully, you guys can stick around for a while.

Northern Illinois upset No. 5 Notre Dame in South Bend, Illinois toppled No. 19 Kansas and Nebraska dismantled Colorado in a battle between former Big 12 foes.

Here's my Week 3 AP ballot compared with Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s betting power ratings.

Note: The "AP" column is my AP Poll ballot ranking for each team. The "PR" column is where each team sits in Action Network's betting power ratings.

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Week 3 College Football Rankings: Brett McMurphy’s AP Top 25 Poll Ballot

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Georgia Bulldogs

1

PR

2

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Texas Longhorns

3

PR

3

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Ohio State Buckeyes

2

PR

4

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Alabama Crimson Tide

5

PR

5

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Miami Hurricanes

11

PR

6

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Ole Miss Rebels

7

PR

7

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Penn State Nittany Lions

4

PR

8

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USC Trojans

9

PR

9

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Oregon Ducks

6

PR

10

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Utah Utes

17

PR

Collin agrees with eight of my top 10 teams.

The biggest differences: I have Miami at No. 7, four spots higher than Collin, and Utah at No. 10. Collin has the Utes at No. 17.

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Kansas State Wildcats

21

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12

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Oklahoma State Cowboys

22

PR

13

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Tennessee Volunteers

16

PR

14

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Missouri Tigers

8

PR

15

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Iowa State Cyclones

14

PR

16

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Oklahoma Sooners

12

PR

17

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LSU Tigers

10

PR

18

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Arizona Wildcats

28

PR

19

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Clemson Tigers

13

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20

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Michigan Wolverines

18

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Among my teams I ranked between Nos. 11 and 20, Collin and I only have five teams in that group — Tennessee, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Clemson and Michigan.

The biggest differences are Oklahoma State (I have the Cowboys No. 12, Collin at No. 22) and Arizona (I have the Wildcats No. 18, Collin at No. 28).

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

15

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22

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Louisville Cardinals

20

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Northern Illinois Huskies

87

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Illinois Fighting Illini

39

PR

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Nebraska Cornhuskers

45

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While I moved NIU into my Top 25, Collin was not impressed by the Huskies from a betting perspective. He has NIU power-rated all the way down at No. 87.

Also, Collin has four teams in the top 25 of his power ratings that were not on my ballot: No. 18 Texas A&M, No. 23 Auburn, No. 24 Iowa and No. 25 Kentucky.

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About the Author
Brett is "America's College Football Insider" for The Action Network. Brett was nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting, but wasn’t a nominee finalist. A long-time voter in the AP Top 25 poll and for the Heisman Trophy, Brett was named the 2019 Beat Writer of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America. Before joining The Action Network, Brett’s previous stops included ESPN, CBS Sports, the New York Times, Stadium, AOL Fanhouse and the Tampa Tribune.

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