Week 14 College Football Rankings: Brett McMurphy’s Updated AP Top 25 Poll Ballot vs Our Betting Power Ratings

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Georgia stays at No. 1 on my Associated Press Top 25 ballot this week, while Michigan climbs up to No. 2 after beating rival Ohio State.

Washington, Florida State, Texas, Oregon and Alabama all moved up a spot after wins last week.

There are four new teams in my Top 25 ballot this week is Troy, Toledo, SMU and Clemson.

Here's my updated AP ballot compared with Action Network senior writer Collin Wilson’s betting power rankings.

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Georgia Bulldogs

1

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Michigan Wolverines

3

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Washington Huskies

7

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Florida State Seminoles

15

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Texas Longhorns

6

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Oregon Ducks

2

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Alabama Crimson Tide

5

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Ohio State Buckeyes

4

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Missouri Tigers

12

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Ole Miss Rebels

14

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Collin agrees with my ranking of Georgia at No. 1. We also have Michigan, Washington, Texas, Oregon, Alabama and Ohio State among our top 10 teams.

The biggest difference in this grouping is Florida State. I have FSU at No. 4, while Collin power-rates the Seminoles at No. 15 with Tate Rodemaker at the helm.

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Arizona Wildcats

18

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12

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LSU Tigers

8

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Oklahoma Sooners

11

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14

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Penn State Nittany Lions

10

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15

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

9

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16

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Oklahoma State Cowboys

29

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Louisville Cardinals

25

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Iowa Hawkeyes

53

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Liberty Flames

49

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Tulane Green Wave

47

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Collin and I don't have a ton of agreement on our teams ranked between Nos. 11-20 — only two teams are in the same range (Arizona and Oklahoma).

The biggest disagreements are Iowa, Liberty and Tulane, which I ranked No. 18, No. 19 and No. 20, respectively. Collin doesn’t have any of those teams in the top 45 of his betting power ratings.

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NC State Wolfpack

39

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Troy Trojans

38

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Clemson Tigers

16

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SMU Mustangs

35

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New Mexico State Aggies

85

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My final five teams are also much different than Collin’s. The biggest disparity is New Mexico State, which I have at No. 25 and Collin put at No. 85.

Collin also has eight teams in the top 25 of his betting power ratings that I did not rank on my AP Top 25 ballot: No. 13 Kansas State, No. 17 Tennessee, No. 19 UCLA, No. 20 Oregon State, No. 21 Utah, No. 22 USC, No. 23 Texas A&M and No. 24 Kansas.

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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 The 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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