There’s a new No. 1.
Alabama and Georgia rank Nos. 1 and 2 on my Associated Press Top 25 ballot after their epic 41-34 thriller in Tuscaloosa that saw the Crimson Tide emerge victorious.
Texas, Ohio State and Tennessee round out my top five.
New to my ballot this week is Arizona, Kentucky and Indiana.
Let’s dive into my college football AP Top 25 Poll ballot for Week 6 and compare my rankings to 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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College Football AP Top 25 Poll: Brett McMurphy’s Week 6 Ballot
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For the past two weeks, Collin agreed with my top four teams — but not this week. We all have the same teams in the too four, just in different order.
Of my top 10 teams, Collin has eight among the top 10 of his betting power ratings. The biggest disagreement is Missouri, which I ranked No 10. Collin has the Tigers at No. 17.
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There’s not much agreement between Collin and I with the teams I ranked between No. 11 and No. 20. Only four are in the same grouping: Clemson, LSU, Notre Dame and Kansas State.
The biggest disagreement is my No. 18, BYU. Collin has the Cougars power-rated at No. 41.
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Of my final five teams, Collin has three — Oklahoma, Indiana and Kentucky — power-rated in his top 25. Of note, while I have Pitt at No. 23, Collin power-rates the Panthers at No. 54.
Collin also put four teams in the top 25 of his betting power ratings that were not on my ballot: No. 19 Texas A&M, No. 20 Louisville, No. 22 Iowa and No. 23 Nebraska.
