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Kirk Bohls's report card

Houston Chronicle · AP Top 25 voter · 8 ballots this season, 6 graded · @kbohls

GradeB+from the season rank
Season#9 of 68AP voters
Record82-24favorites alone: 74.0 wins
vs favorites+8.0wins above chalk
vs the published pollAheadthe poll: 82-24 (+7.4) · beat it 3 of 6 weeks

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

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

TeamPreW1W2W3W4W5W6W7
Miami62332221
BYU1010886762
Ohio State76644433
Notre Dame13475644
Georgia34553315
Ole Miss11992121096
UCLA····2019117
Indiana58768878
Tennessee·211413·23259
Utah·22·2214121010
Alabama141211975511
Kentucky···2025241712
Texas Tech816181615131213
Wake Forest····17151314
Houston172525···2215
USC1615131421201816
Iowa2119221813211917
Oklahoma State··232319161618
Missouri·242425·171519
Florida····1018·20
Auburn·······21
Northwestern·······22
Texas451111823
Boise State1818201716141424
SMU13141219···25
Oregon27191511920·
LSU9121091121·
Oklahoma1513····23·
Arizona······24·
Wisconsin····2322··
Pittsburgh·····25··
Louisville2223211218···
Mississippi State····22···
Penn State1917151124···
Texas A&M12111021····
West Virginia···24····
Virginia·2016·····
Michigan20·17·····
Clemson23·······
Navy24·······
Liberty25·······

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

Graded weeks

Week 7 (Week 6 poll)

#5 of 70 · 10-5 · -0.7 · poll -1.4

Best call: Ole Miss over Missouri, 31-3 (42% going in). Worst miss: Georgia over Auburn, lost 27-24 (88% going in).

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

Week 6 (Week 5 poll)

#33 of 70 · 14-5 · +0.8 · 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
4Ohio StateW 45-16
5AlabamaL 17-20
6Notre DameW 58-7
7BYUW 24-10
8IndianaW 20-17
9OregonL 15-17
10Ole MissW 52-17
11LSUL 34-35
12UtahW 41-24
13Texas Tech—
14Boise StateW 38-31
15Wake ForestW 38-14
16Oklahoma StateW 42-28
17MissouriW 27-6
18FloridaL 19-38
19UCLAW 17-15
20USCW 31-23
21IowaW 41-24
22Wisconsin—
23TennesseeW 24-17
24KentuckyW 35-34
25PittsburghL 17-21

Week 5 (Week 4 poll)

#61 of 70 · 13-3 · +2.0 · 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
4Ohio StateW 31-14
5Notre DameW 37-26
6BYUW 17-10
7AlabamaW 56-23
8IndianaW 47-15
9LSU—
10FloridaL 17-45
11Oregon—
12Ole Miss—
13IowaL 14-31
14Utah—
15Texas TechW 29-7
16Boise StateW 37-18
17Wake ForestW 57-3
18LouisvilleL 28-31
19Oklahoma State—
20UCLA—
21USCW 25-21
22Mississippi StateL 23-56
23WisconsinW 31-3
24Penn StateL 13-34
25KentuckyW 35-34

Week 4 (Week 3 poll)

#9 of 69 · 15-5 · +0.9 · poll +0.2

Best call: Oklahoma State over West Virginia, 41-24 (29% 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
4Ohio StateW 42-19
5GeorgiaW 41-13
6IndianaW 29-23
7Notre DameW 49-10
8BYU—
9AlabamaW 49-18
10LSUW 35-6
11Penn StateL 20-24
12LouisvilleL 27-30
13TennesseeL 17-20
14USCL 27-41
15OregonW 41-27
16Texas TechW 49-14
17Boise StateW 32-7
18IowaW 20-19
19SMUW 34-24
20KentuckyW 45-21
21Texas A&ML 6-35
22UtahW 31-17
23Oklahoma StateW 41-24
24West VirginiaL 24-41
25MissouriL 24-31

Week 3 (Week 2 poll)

#64 of 68 · 14-4 · +0.6 · poll +1.1

Best call: BYU over Colorado State, 41-23 (38% going in). Worst miss: Texas A&M over Kentucky, lost 31-21 (91% going in).

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

Week 2 (Week 1 poll)

#1 of 69 · 16-2 · +4.4 · poll +3.1

Best call: Boise State over Memphis, 38-20 (36% going in). Worst miss: Oklahoma over Michigan, lost 17-10 (61% going in).

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