College Football Rankings: Brett McMurphy’s Week 15 AP Top 25 Ballot vs. Betting Power Ratings

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Behind No. 1-ranked Oregon, there was a lot of shuffling among the top 10 teams on my Associated Press Top 25 ballot this week.

Rounding out the top 10 after Oregon are Texas, Notre Dame, Penn State, Georgia, Ohio State, SMU, Tennessee, Indiana and Miami.

New to my ballot this week are Louisville and Memphis.

Here's my AP Top 25 ballot ahead of conference championship week 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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College Football Rankings: Brett McMurphy’s Week 15 AP Top 25 Ballot

1

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Oregon Ducks

2

PR

2

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Texas Longhorns

1

PR

3

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

6

PR

4

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Penn State Nittany Lions

7

PR

5

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Georgia Bulldogs

4

PR

6

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Ohio State Buckeyes

3

PR

7

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SMU Mustangs

14

PR

8

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Tennessee Volunteers

8

PR

9

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Indiana Hoosiers

12

PR

10

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Miami Hurricanes

10

PR

11

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Boise State Broncos

39

PR

12

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Arizona State Sun Devils

30

PR

13

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Ole Miss Rebels

9

PR

14

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South Carolina Gamecocks

11

PR

15

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Alabama Crimson Tide

5

PR

16

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Iowa State Cyclones

31

PR

17

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UNLV Rebels

44

PR

18

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BYU Cougars

36

PR

19

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Clemson Tigers

17

PR

20

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Syracuse Orange

48

PR

21

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Illinois Fighting Illini

38

PR

22

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Colorado Buffaloes

21

PR

23

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Army Black Knights

54

PR

24

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Louisville Cardinals

16

PR

25

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Memphis Tigers

67

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Collin also has nine teams in the top 25 of his betting power ratings that were not on my ballot: No. 13 Texas A&M, No. 15 LSU, No. 18 Missouri, No. 19 Florida, No. 20 Auburn, No. 22 Iowa, No. 23 Kansas State, No. 24 USC and No. 25 Nebraska.

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 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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