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.
Week 3 College Football Rankings: Brett McMurphy’s AP Top 25 Poll Ballot
1
AP
Georgia Bulldogs
1
PR
2
AP
Texas Longhorns
3
PR
3
AP
Ohio State Buckeyes
2
PR
4
AP
Alabama Crimson Tide
5
PR
5
AP
Miami Hurricanes
11
PR
6
AP
Ole Miss Rebels
7
PR
7
AP
Penn State Nittany Lions
4
PR
8
AP
USC Trojans
9
PR
9
AP
Oregon Ducks
6
PR
10
AP
Utah Utes
17
PR
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.
11
AP
Kansas State Wildcats
21
PR
12
AP
Oklahoma State Cowboys
22
PR
13
AP
Tennessee Volunteers
16
PR
14
AP
Missouri Tigers
8
PR
15
AP
Iowa State Cyclones
14
PR
16
AP
Oklahoma Sooners
12
PR
17
AP
LSU Tigers
10
PR
18
AP
Arizona Wildcats
28
PR
19
AP
Clemson Tigers
13
PR
20
AP
Michigan Wolverines
18
PR
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).
21
AP
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
15
PR
22
AP
Louisville Cardinals
20
PR
23
AP
Northern Illinois Huskies
87
PR
24
AP
Illinois Fighting Illini
39
PR
25
AP
Nebraska Cornhuskers
45
PR
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.
