Florida State, Texas and Georgia continue to headline my Associated Press Top 25 ballot. The Seminoles, who were off last week, remain No. 1 on my ballot.
In fact, the top nine all remained the same as my ballot this week. New to my ballot this week are undefeated Kentucky and Louisville.
Here's my AP Top 25 ballot compared with Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s betting power ratings.
1
AP
Florida State Seminoles
9
PR
2
AP
Texas Longhorns
2
PR
3
AP
Georgia Bulldogs
1
PR
4
AP
Ohio State Buckeyes
5
PR
5
AP
Washington Huskies
4
PR
6
AP
Michigan Wolverines
7
PR
7
AP
Penn State Nittany Lions
3
PR
8
AP
Oregon Ducks
6
PR
9
AP
USC Trojans
11
PR
10
AP
Washington State Cougars
25
PR
Of my top-10 ranked teams, Collin has eight in the top 10 of his betting power ratings. The only two Collin doesn’t have in his top 10 are my No. 9 USC and No. 10 Washington State, which he has rated 11th and 25th, respectively.
Collin also rates Florida State — my top-ranked team — back at No. 9.
11
AP
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
13
PR
12
AP
Alabama Crimson Tide
8
PR
13
AP
Oklahoma Sooners
14
PR
14
AP
Miami Hurricanes
20
PR
15
AP
North Carolina Tar Heels
22
PR
16
AP
Duke Blue Devils
30
PR
17
AP
Ole Miss Rebels
16
PR
18
AP
Oregon State Beavers
19
PR
19
AP
Utah Utes
15
PR
20
AP
Kentucky Wildcats
26
PR
There's more disagreement between my AP ballot and Collin’s ratings. We agreed on only six teams between Nos. 11-20: Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Miami, Ole Miss, Oregon State and Utah.
The biggest discrepancy was Duke. I have the Blue Devils at No. 16, while Collin power-rates Duke back at No. 30.
21
AP
Missouri Tigers
32
PR
22
AP
Fresno State Bulldogs
64
PR
23
AP
Maryland Terrapins
35
PR
24
AP
Louisville Cardinals
41
PR
25
AP
LSU Tigers
12
PR
Fresno State is the biggest overall discrepancy between my AP ballot and Collin’s power ratings. I have the undefeated Bulldogs at No. 22, but Collin has Fresno at No. 64.
Collin also has six teams rated among his top 25 teams that I did not rank on my AP Poll ballot this week — No. 10 Clemson, No. 17 Texas A&M, No. 18 Tennessee, No. 19 Kansas State, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 Wisconsin.
