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WildcatReport.com · AP Top 25 voter · 8 ballots this season, 6 graded · @WildcatReport

GradeD+from the season rank
Season#49 of 68AP voters
Record81-27favorites alone: 75.9 wins
vs favorites+5.1wins above chalk
vs the published pollBehindthe poll: 82-24 (+7.4) · beat it 1 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: Missouri, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State
#TeamLast weekThe AP poll
1BYU▲ 7AP 2 ▲ 1
2Ohio State▲ 2AP 3 ▲ 1
3Miami▼ 1AP 1 ▼ 2
4Ole Miss▲ 5AP 7 ▲ 3
5Texas Tech▲ 5AP 8 ▲ 3
6UCLA▲ 5AP 9 ▲ 3
7Georgia▼ 6AP 5 ▼ 2
8Notre Dame▼ 5AP 4 ▼ 4
9Utah▲ 3AP 10 ▲ 1
10Indiana▼ 5AP 6 ▼ 4
11Tennessee▲ 4AP 11
12Kentucky▲ 2AP 12
13Alabama▼ 7AP 13
14Houston▲ 5AP 14
15Iowa▲ 1AP 15
16LSU▲ 6AP 18 ▲ 2
17SMU▲ 3AP 23 ▲ 6
18USC▲ 3AP 16 ▼ 2
19Texas▼ 12AP 19
20Wake Forest▲ 4AP 17 ▼ 3
21Boise State▲ 2AP 21
22FloridaNEWAP 20 ▼ 2
23AuburnNEWAP NR
24Northwestern▲ 1AP 24
25ArizonaNEWAP 25

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, 40 teams)

TeamPreW1W2W3W4W5W6W7
BYU151512109981
Ohio State11665542
Miami77554323
Ole Miss101087111094
Texas Tech131313988105
UCLA····2223116
Georgia66442217
Notre Dame32223438
Utah·2321181413129
Indiana553377510
Tennessee1717151417141511
Kentucky····23·1412
Alabama141411866613
Houston2221192320211914
Iowa2118161513171615
LSU9871112112216
SMU1919171618202017
USC12121012··2118
Texas431111719
Wake Forest······2420
Boise State2325····2321
Florida·24··1016·22
Auburn·······23
Northwestern·····252524
Arizona·······25
Missouri24222020·1513·
Mississippi State···25151817·
Oklahoma State····191918·
Oregon2418171612··
Duke····2122··
Pittsburgh····2424··
Cincinnati····25···
Penn State16161413····
Texas A&M1111919····
Michigan18·2321····
Washington20202222····
Louisville···24····
Virginia··24·····
Oklahoma8925·····
Clemson25·······

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

Graded weeks

Week 7 (Week 6 poll)

#18 of 70 · 10-6 · -1.4 · 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
3Notre DameL 24-28
4Ohio StateW 19-15
5IndianaL 15-19
6AlabamaL 10-26
7TexasL 24-27
8BYUW 28-24
9Ole MissW 31-3
10Texas TechW 53-25
11UCLAW 17-7
12UtahW 27-24
13MissouriL 3-31
14KentuckyW 21-13
15TennesseeW 26-10
16Iowa—
17Mississippi StateL 0-31
18Oklahoma StateL 32-35
19HoustonW 35-32
20SMUW 23-13
21USC—
22LSUW 31-0
23Boise State—
24Wake ForestW 41-7
25NorthwesternW 24-21

Week 6 (Week 5 poll)

#63 of 70 · 13-6 · -0.7 · 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
2GeorgiaW 20-17
3Miami—
4Notre DameW 58-7
5Ohio StateW 45-16
6AlabamaL 17-20
7IndianaW 20-17
8Texas Tech—
9BYUW 24-10
10Ole MissW 52-17
11LSUL 34-35
12OregonL 15-17
13UtahW 41-24
14TennesseeW 24-17
15MissouriW 27-6
16FloridaL 19-38
17IowaW 41-24
18Mississippi State—
19Oklahoma StateW 42-28
20SMU—
21HoustonW 35-16
22DukeL 25-28
23UCLAW 17-15
24PittsburghL 17-21
25NorthwesternW 45-14

Week 5 (Week 4 poll)

#24 of 70 · 13-2 · +3.0 · poll +3.4

Best call: Pittsburgh over Virginia Tech, 35-33 (45% going in). Worst miss: Florida over Missouri, lost 45-17 (62% going in).

#TeamThat week
1Texas—
2GeorgiaW 38-14
3Notre DameW 37-26
4MiamiW 41-13
5Ohio StateW 31-14
6AlabamaW 56-23
7IndianaW 47-15
8Texas TechW 29-7
9BYUW 17-10
10FloridaL 17-45
11Ole Miss—
12LSU—
13IowaL 14-31
14Utah—
15Mississippi StateL 23-56
16Oregon—
17TennesseeW 24-14
18SMUW 25-16
19Oklahoma State—
20HoustonW 27-17
21Duke—
22UCLA—
23KentuckyW 35-34
24PittsburghW 35-33
25CincinnatiL 7-34

Week 4 (Week 3 poll)

#32 of 69 · 13-6 · -0.3 · 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
2Notre DameW 49-10
3IndianaW 29-23
4GeorgiaW 41-13
5MiamiW 52-3
6Ohio StateW 42-19
7Ole MissL 28-52
8AlabamaW 49-18
9Texas TechW 49-14
10BYU—
11LSUW 35-6
12USCL 27-41
13Penn StateL 20-24
14TennesseeL 17-20
15IowaW 20-19
16SMUW 34-24
17OregonW 41-27
18UtahW 31-17
19Texas A&ML 6-35
20MissouriL 24-31
21MichiganL 19-20
22WashingtonL 24-27
23HoustonW 42-28
24LouisvilleL 27-30
25Mississippi StateW 31-24

Week 3 (Week 2 poll)

#48 of 68 · 16-4 · +1.1 · 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
2Notre DameW 27-10
3IndianaW 38-0
4GeorgiaW 45-17
5MiamiW 33-20
6Ohio StateW 59-3
7LSUL 24-32
8Ole MissW 32-24
9Texas A&ML 21-31
10USCW 42-35
11AlabamaW 50-36
12BYUW 41-23
13Texas TechW 28-26
14Penn StateW 55-13
15TennesseeW 42-9
16Iowa—
17SMUL 31-41
18Oregon—
19HoustonL 26-28
20MissouriW 27-17
21UtahW 33-0
22Washington—
23MichiganW 52-17
24VirginiaL 27-38
25OklahomaW 14-6

Week 2 (Week 1 poll)

#7 of 69 · 16-3 · +3.5 · 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
1Ohio StateL 23-24
2Notre DameW 52-0
3TexasW 24-23
4OregonL 31-39
5Indiana—
6GeorgiaW 70-20
7Miami—
8LSUW 45-14
9OklahomaL 10-17
10Ole MissW 41-9
11Texas A&MW 48-20
12USCW 49-30
13Texas TechW 35-24
14AlabamaW 45-17
15BYUW 28-17
16Penn StateW 27-9
17TennesseeW 45-24
18IowaW 16-13
19SMU—
20WashingtonW 16-14
21Houston—
22MissouriW 38-21
23UtahW 43-10
24Florida—
25Boise StateW 38-20

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.