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College football rankings: Brett McMurphy’s Week 7 AP Top 25 poll ballot vs. our betting power ratings

Originally posted on Action Network | By Brett McMurphy | Last updated Oct 6, 2024 7:51 PM ET

After five of the top 11 teams in the Associated Press Poll lost, my AP ballot was literally turned upside down compared to last week.

Alabama and Tennessee dropped nine spots on my ballot, Missouri dropped 10 spots, and Michigan and USC completely dropped out of my Top 25 with their second losses of the season.

New to my Top 25 this week: Texas A&M, Boise State, SMU and Illinois. Here’s my AP Top 25 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.

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College Football Rankings: Brett McMurphy’s Week 7 AP Top 25 Ballot

Texas Longhorns, 1 AP, 1 PR

Ohio State Buckeyes 2 AP, 2 PR

Georgia Bulldogs, 3 AP, 3 PR

Miami Hurricanes 4 AP, 9 PR

Penn State Nittany Lions 5 AP, 5 PR

Oregon Ducks 6 AP, 7 PR

Iowa State Cyclones 7 AP, 10 PR

Clemson Tigers 8 AP, 12 PR

Ole Miss Rebels 9 AP, 6 PR

Alabama Crimson Tide 10 AP, 4 PR

LSU Tigers 11 AP, 16 PR

Tennessee Volunteers 12 AP, 8 PR

Notre Dame Fighting Irish 13 AP, 11 PR

BYU Cougars 14 AP, 41 PR

Indiana Hoosiers 15 AP, 25 PR

Texas A&M Aggies 16 AP, 13 PR

Utah Utes 17 AP, 21 PR

Kansas State Wildcats 18 AP, 14 PR

Oklahoma Sooners 19 AP, 17 PR

Missouri Tigers 20 AP, 10 PR

Pitt Panthers 21 AP, 45 PR

Boise State Broncos 22 AP, 28 PR

Illinois Fighting Illini 23 AP, 32 PR

SMU Mustangs 24 AP, 23 PR

Kentucky Wildcats 25 AP, 15 PR

Collin also put four teams in the top 25 of his betting power ratings that were not on my ballot: No. 18 USC, No. 19 Auburn, No. 22 Louisville and No. 24 Florida.

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