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Lawton Constitution · AP Top 25 voter · 8 ballots this season, 6 graded · @murrayevans

GradeC+from the season rank
Season#22 of 68AP voters
Record82-26favorites alone: 75.0 wins
vs favorites+7.0wins above chalk
vs the published pollBehindthe 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 · 2 new · out: Nebraska, Wisconsin
#TeamLast weekThe AP poll
1Miami▲ 2AP 1
2Ohio State▲ 2AP 3 ▲ 1
3BYU▲ 3AP 2 ▼ 1
4Indiana▼ 2AP 6 ▲ 2
5Georgia▼ 4AP 5
6Texas Tech▲ 3AP 8 ▲ 2
7Utah▲ 3AP 10 ▲ 3
8Kentucky▲ 6AP 12 ▲ 4
9UCLA▲ 4AP 9
10Notre Dame▼ 5AP 4 ▼ 6
11Tennessee▲ 1AP 11
12Ole Miss▲ 4AP 7 ▼ 5
13Alabama▼ 6AP 13
14FloridaNEWAP 20 ▲ 6
15LSU▲ 2AP 18 ▲ 3
16Texas▼ 8AP 19 ▲ 3
17Houston▲ 5AP 14 ▼ 3
18Oklahoma State▼ 7AP NR
19Oregon▼ 1AP NR
20Boise State▼ 1AP 21 ▲ 1
21Iowa▼ 1AP 15 ▼ 6
22Wake Forest▲ 1AP 17 ▼ 5
23James MadisonNEWAP NR
24Missouri▼ 9AP 22 ▼ 2
25USC=AP 16 ▼ 9

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
Miami54354431
Ohio State22665542
BYU12121087863
Indiana11112224
Georgia33221115
Texas Tech111313119996
Utah191816141412107
Kentucky···222016148
UCLA·····24139
Notre Dame777767510
Tennessee1716121013101211
Ole Miss654311191612
Alabama141411986713
Florida····1018·14
LSU131081212111715
Texas885433816
Houston212224·24232217
Oklahoma State···2516131118
Oregon46171617141819
Boise State·19191718171920
Iowa25···15202021
Wake Forest····22222322
James Madison·······23
Missouri·····151524
USC20211821·252525
Nebraska······21·
Wisconsin····212124·
Mississippi State····19···
Penn State1515151323···
Cincinnati····25···
Louisville23242315····
SMU18171418····
Western Michigan·252019····
Michigan16·2120····
Texas A&M1011923····
Tulsa···24····
Oklahoma9922·····
Virginia··25·····
Arizona2220······
Navy2423······

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

Graded weeks

Week 7 (Week 6 poll)

#57 of 70 · 8-7 · -2.7 · poll -1.4

Best call: Oregon over Nebraska, 17-14 (45% going in). Worst miss: Georgia over Auburn, lost 27-24 (88% going in).

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

Week 6 (Week 5 poll)

#2 of 70 · 15-4 · +2.0 · 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
1GeorgiaW 20-17
2IndianaW 20-17
3TexasL 24-27
4Miami—
5Ohio StateW 45-16
6AlabamaL 17-20
7Notre DameW 58-7
8BYUW 24-10
9Texas Tech—
10TennesseeW 24-17
11LSUL 34-35
12UtahW 41-24
13Oklahoma StateW 42-28
14OregonL 15-17
15MissouriW 27-6
16KentuckyW 35-34
17Boise StateW 38-31
18FloridaL 19-38
19Ole MissW 52-17
20IowaW 41-24
21Wisconsin—
22Wake ForestW 38-14
23HoustonW 35-16
24UCLAW 17-15
25USCW 31-23

Week 5 (Week 4 poll)

#42 of 70 · 14-3 · +2.4 · 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
1GeorgiaW 38-14
2IndianaW 47-15
3Texas—
4MiamiW 41-13
5Ohio StateW 31-14
6Notre DameW 37-26
7BYUW 17-10
8AlabamaW 56-23
9Texas TechW 29-7
10FloridaL 17-45
11Ole Miss—
12LSU—
13TennesseeW 24-14
14Utah—
15IowaL 14-31
16Oklahoma State—
17Oregon—
18Boise StateW 37-18
19Mississippi StateL 23-56
20KentuckyW 35-34
21WisconsinW 31-3
22Wake ForestW 57-3
23Penn StateL 13-34
24HoustonW 27-17
25CincinnatiL 7-34

Week 4 (Week 3 poll)

#10 of 69 · 15-5 · +0.8 · poll +0.2

Best call: Oregon over USC, 41-27 (19% going in). Worst miss: Penn State over Wisconsin, lost 24-20 (86% going in).

#TeamThat week
1IndianaW 29-23
2GeorgiaW 41-13
3Ole MissL 28-52
4TexasW 20-17
5MiamiW 52-3
6Ohio StateW 42-19
7Notre DameW 49-10
8BYU—
9AlabamaW 49-18
10TennesseeL 17-20
11Texas TechW 49-14
12LSUW 35-6
13Penn StateL 20-24
14UtahW 31-17
15LouisvilleL 27-30
16OregonW 41-27
17Boise StateW 32-7
18SMUW 34-24
19Western MichiganL 7-32
20MichiganL 19-20
21USCL 27-41
22KentuckyW 45-21
23Texas A&ML 6-35
24TulsaL 6-34
25Oklahoma StateW 41-24

Week 3 (Week 2 poll)

#10 of 68 · 17-3 · +2.3 · 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
1IndianaW 38-0
2GeorgiaW 45-17
3MiamiW 33-20
4Ole MissW 32-24
5TexasW 30-6
6Ohio StateW 59-3
7Notre DameW 27-10
8LSUL 24-32
9Texas A&ML 21-31
10BYUW 41-23
11AlabamaW 50-36
12TennesseeW 42-9
13Texas TechW 28-26
14SMUL 31-41
15Penn StateW 55-13
16UtahW 33-0
17Oregon—
18USCW 42-35
19Boise State—
20Western MichiganW 28-21
21MichiganW 52-17
22OklahomaW 14-6
23LouisvilleW 41-31
24HoustonL 26-28
25VirginiaL 27-38

Week 2 (Week 1 poll)

#66 of 69 · 13-4 · +2.0 · poll +3.1

Best call: Boise State over Memphis, 38-20 (36% going in). Worst miss: Navy over Florida Atlantic, lost 38-30 (65% going in).

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

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.