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KRNV · AP Top 25 voter · 8 ballots this season, 6 graded · @ByChrisMurray

GradeBfrom the season rank
Season#17 of 68AP voters
Record81-24favorites alone: 73.7 wins
vs favorites+7.3wins above chalk
vs the published pollBehindthe poll: 82-24 (+7.4) · beat it 2 of 6 weeks

This week's ballot (Week 7 poll, released Oct 18, grades after the games)

vs the Week 6 ballot · 3 new · out: Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma
#TeamLast weekThe AP poll
1Texas Tech▲ 8AP 8 ▲ 7
2BYU▲ 6AP 2
3Miami▲ 1AP 1 ▼ 2
4Ohio State▲ 1AP 3 ▼ 1
5Georgia▼ 4AP 5
6UCLA▲ 4AP 9 ▲ 3
7Ole Miss▲ 7AP 7
8Utah▲ 3AP 10 ▲ 2
9Tennessee▲ 4AP 11 ▲ 2
10Kentucky▲ 5AP 12 ▲ 2
11Indiana▼ 5AP 6 ▼ 5
12Notre Dame▼ 10AP 4 ▼ 8
13Houston▲ 8AP 14 ▲ 1
14FloridaNEWAP 20 ▲ 6
15Wake Forest▲ 2AP 17 ▲ 2
16Texas▼ 13AP 19 ▲ 3
17Alabama▼ 10AP 13 ▼ 4
18Missouri▼ 6AP 22 ▲ 4
19LSU▲ 6AP 18 ▼ 1
20Mississippi State▼ 4AP NR
21Iowa▼ 1AP 15 ▼ 6
22Northwestern=AP 24 ▲ 2
23USC=AP 16 ▼ 7
24AuburnNEWAP NR
25SMUNEWAP 23 ▼ 2

Last week = the spot on this voter's previous ballot. The AP poll = the published consensus the same week; ▲ means this voter has the team higher than the poll.

Every ballot, week over week (8 ballots, 36 teams)

TeamPreW1W2W3W4W5W6W7
Texas Tech101112109891
BYU1313119121082
Miami62332243
Ohio State23677754
Georgia44443315
UCLA···241717106
Ole Miss87721314147
Utah18171513119118
Tennessee171614121511139
Kentucky···2018181510
Indiana112566611
Notre Dame765654212
Houston252523·25242113
Florida··2523413·14
Wake Forest····20191715
Texas551111316
Alabama9109885717
Missouri2422191619121218
LSU12981814152519
Mississippi State···2216161620
Iowa1918161410232021
Northwestern·····252222
USC20191715··2323
Auburn·······24
SMU222018····25
Wisconsin····212018·
Oklahoma State····222119·
Oklahoma1414····24·
Oregon38··2322··
Penn State1615131124···
Michigan15·2117····
Louisville·242219····
Texas A&M11121021····
Washington21212425····
Virginia·2320·····
Clemson23·······

Yellow = moved up or came in that week. Boxed = moved down. · = not ranked.

Graded weeks

Week 7 (Week 6 poll)

#60 of 70 · 8-7 · -2.8 · poll -1.4

Best call: Ohio State over Indiana, 19-15 (48% going in). Worst miss: Georgia over Auburn, lost 27-24 (88% going in).

#TeamThat week
1GeorgiaL 24-27
2Notre DameL 24-28
3TexasL 24-27
4MiamiW 43-35
5Ohio StateW 19-15
6IndianaL 15-19
7AlabamaL 10-26
8BYUW 28-24
9Texas TechW 53-25
10UCLAW 17-7
11UtahW 27-24
12MissouriL 3-31
13TennesseeW 26-10
14Ole MissW 31-3
15KentuckyW 21-13
16Mississippi StateL 0-31
17Wake ForestW 41-7
18WisconsinL 7-17
19Oklahoma StateL 32-35
20Iowa—
21HoustonW 35-32
22NorthwesternW 24-21
23USC—
24OklahomaL 13-21
25LSUW 31-0

Week 6 (Week 5 poll)

#1 of 70 · 15-3 · +2.2 · poll +0.9

Best call: Georgia over Alabama, 20-17 (22% going in). Worst miss: Texas over Oklahoma, lost 27-24 (80% going in).

#TeamThat week
1TexasL 24-27
2Miami—
3GeorgiaW 20-17
4Notre DameW 58-7
5AlabamaL 17-20
6IndianaW 20-17
7Ohio StateW 45-16
8Texas Tech—
9UtahW 41-24
10BYUW 24-10
11TennesseeW 24-17
12MissouriW 27-6
13FloridaL 19-38
14Ole MissW 52-17
15LSUL 34-35
16Mississippi State—
17UCLAW 17-15
18KentuckyW 35-34
19Wake ForestW 38-14
20Wisconsin—
21Oklahoma StateW 42-28
22OregonL 15-17
23IowaW 41-24
24HoustonW 35-16
25NorthwesternW 45-14

Week 5 (Week 4 poll)

#28 of 70 · 13-2 · +2.9 · poll +3.4

Best call: Kentucky over South Carolina, 35-34 (48% going in). Worst miss: Florida over Missouri, lost 45-17 (62% going in).

#TeamThat week
1Texas—
2MiamiW 41-13
3GeorgiaW 38-14
4FloridaL 17-45
5Notre DameW 37-26
6IndianaW 47-15
7Ohio StateW 31-14
8AlabamaW 56-23
9Texas TechW 29-7
10IowaL 14-31
11Utah—
12BYUW 17-10
13Ole Miss—
14LSU—
15TennesseeW 24-14
16Mississippi StateL 23-56
17UCLA—
18KentuckyW 35-34
19MissouriW 45-17
20Wake ForestW 57-3
21WisconsinW 31-3
22Oklahoma State—
23Oregon—
24Penn StateL 13-34
25HoustonW 27-17

Week 4 (Week 3 poll)

#24 of 69 · 13-6 · -0.1 · poll +0.2

Best call: Iowa over Michigan, 20-19 (34% going in). Worst miss: Penn State over Wisconsin, lost 24-20 (86% going in).

#TeamThat week
1TexasW 20-17
2Ole MissL 28-52
3MiamiW 52-3
4GeorgiaW 41-13
5IndianaW 29-23
6Notre DameW 49-10
7Ohio StateW 42-19
8AlabamaW 49-18
9BYU—
10Texas TechW 49-14
11Penn StateL 20-24
12TennesseeL 17-20
13UtahW 31-17
14IowaW 20-19
15USCL 27-41
16MissouriL 24-31
17MichiganL 19-20
18LSUW 35-6
19LouisvilleL 27-30
20KentuckyW 45-21
21Texas A&ML 6-35
22Mississippi StateW 31-24
23FloridaW 52-28
24UCLAW 54-3
25WashingtonL 24-27

Week 3 (Week 2 poll)

#13 of 68 · 17-3 · +2.1 · poll +1.1

Best call: Ole Miss over LSU, 32-24 (37% going in). Worst miss: Texas A&M over Kentucky, lost 31-21 (91% going in).

#TeamThat week
1TexasW 30-6
2IndianaW 38-0
3MiamiW 33-20
4GeorgiaW 45-17
5Notre DameW 27-10
6Ohio StateW 59-3
7Ole MissW 32-24
8LSUL 24-32
9AlabamaW 50-36
10Texas A&ML 21-31
11BYUW 41-23
12Texas TechW 28-26
13Penn StateW 55-13
14TennesseeW 42-9
15UtahW 33-0
16Iowa—
17USCW 42-35
18SMUL 31-41
19MissouriW 27-17
20VirginiaL 27-38
21MichiganW 52-17
22LouisvilleW 41-31
23HoustonL 26-28
24Washington—
25FloridaW 44-39

Week 2 (Week 1 poll)

#17 of 69 · 15-3 · +3.1 · poll +3.1

Best call: Missouri over Kansas, 38-21 (41% going in). Worst miss: Oklahoma over Michigan, lost 17-10 (61% going in).

#TeamThat week
1Indiana—
2Miami—
3Ohio StateL 23-24
4GeorgiaW 70-20
5TexasW 24-23
6Notre DameW 52-0
7Ole MissW 41-9
8OregonL 31-39
9LSUW 45-14
10AlabamaW 45-17
11Texas TechW 35-24
12Texas A&MW 48-20
13BYUW 28-17
14OklahomaL 10-17
15Penn StateW 27-9
16TennesseeW 45-24
17UtahW 43-10
18IowaW 16-13
19USCW 49-30
20SMU—
21WashingtonW 16-14
22MissouriW 38-21
23Virginia—
24Louisville—
25Houston—

Green = the call was right (the higher-ranked team won). Ballots come from the AP's published voter ballots and grade on the games after each poll's release.