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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[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Texas Longhorns” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”2″ prank=”3″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/tex.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Ohio State Buckeyes” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”3″ prank=”2″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/osu.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Alabama Crimson Tide” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”4″ prank=”5″ logo1url=”https://images.actionnetwork.com/blog/2021/12/Alabama-alternate-logo-100-100.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Miami Hurricanes” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”5″ prank=”11″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/mfl.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Ole Miss Rebels” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”6″ prank=”7″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/mis.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Penn State Nittany Lions” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”7″ prank=”4″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/psu.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”USC Trojans” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”8″ prank=”9″ logo1url=”https://images.actionnetwork.com/blog/2021/11/2021-USC-Logo-100.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
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[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Utah Utes” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”10″ prank=”17″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/uth.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
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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[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Tennessee Volunteers” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”13″ prank=”16″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/ten.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Missouri Tigers” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”14″ prank=”8″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/miz.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
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[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Oklahoma Sooners” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”16″ prank=”12″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/okl.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”LSU Tigers” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”17″ prank=”10″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/lsu.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Arizona Wildcats” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”18″ prank=”28″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/ari.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Clemson Tigers” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”19″ prank=”13″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/cle.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Michigan Wolverines” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”20″ prank=”18″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/mich.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
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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[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Louisville Cardinals” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”22″ prank=”20″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/lou.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Northern Illinois Huskies” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”23″ prank=”87″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/niu.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
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[subheader sizedown=”false” text=”Nebraska Cornhuskers” subtext=”” center=”false” showbar=”true” aprank=”25″ prank=”45″ logo1url=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaaf/100/neb.png” link1follow=”true”][/subheader]
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.
