College Football Rankings: Brett McMurphy’s Week 13 AP Top 25 Ballot vs. Our Betting Power Ratings

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Oregon remains No. 1 on my Associated Press Top 25 ballot because of the Ducks’ head-to-head win vs. Ohio State.

I have the Buckeyes second, followed by Texas, Indiana and Ole Miss. BYU’s upset loss to Kansas dropped the Cougars out of my top 10.

New to my ballot this week: South Carolina, Tulane, UNLV, Illinois and Syracuse.

Here's my AP Top 25 ballot for Week 13 of the college football season 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 13 AP Top 25 Ballot

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Oregon Ducks

4

PR

2

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Ohio State Buckeyes

1

PR

3

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Texas Longhorns

2

PR

4

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Indiana Hoosiers

13

PR

5

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Ole Miss Rebels

5

PR

6

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Georgia Bulldogs

3

PR

7

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Penn State Nittany Lions

7

PR

8

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

8

PR

9

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Tennessee Volunteers

9

PR

10

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Alabama Crimson Tide

6

PR

11

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Miami Hurricanes

10

PR

12

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Boise State Broncos

28

PR

13

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BYU Cougars

34

PR

14

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SMU Mustangs

16

PR

15

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Texas A&M Aggies

11

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16

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Clemson Tigers

12

PR

17

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Army Black Knights

45

PR

18

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Colorado Buffaloes

19

PR

19

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Arizona State Sun Devils

36

PR

20

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South Carolina Gamecocks

14

PR

21

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Iowa State Cyclones

24

PR

22

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Tulane Green Wave

48

PR

23

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UNLV Rebels

50

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24

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Illinois Fighting Illini

47

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25

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Syracuse Orange

59

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Collin also has eight teams in the top 25 of his betting power ratings that were not on my ballot: No. 15 Auburn, No. 17 USC, No. 18 LSU, No. 20 Missouri, No. 21 Iowa, No. 22 Kansas, No. 23 Florida and No. 25 Kansas State.

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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 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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