Brett McMurphy’s College Football AP Top 25 Ballot for Week 15

For the first time this season, Alabama is no longer ranked among the Top 10 teams on my Associated Press ballot.

I dropped the Crimson Tide six spots to No. 12 after their loss at Auburn. The Tigers, not coincidentally, made my biggest jump, moving up four spots from No. 15 to No. 11.

While Alabama’s fall shuffled the teams in the back half of my top 10, the first five remain the same as last week: No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Clemson, No. 4 Georgia and No. 5 Utah.

Oklahoma moved up one spot on my ballot from No. 7 to No. 6, followed by No. 7 Florida, No. 8 Baylor, No. 9 Wisconsin and No. 10 Penn State.

Three teams dropped out of my rankings this week: Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Virginia Tech. New teams on my ballot are No. 22 Virginia, No. 23 USC and No. 25 Navy.

 

My AP ballot (last week)

  1. LSU (1)
  2. Ohio State (2)
  3. Clemson (3)
  4. Georgia (4)
  5. Utah (5)
  6. Oklahoma (7)
  7. Florida (8)
  8. Baylor (11)
  9. Wisconsin (12)
  10. Penn State (10)
  11. Auburn (15)
  12. Alabama (6)
  13. Oregon (14)
  14. Minnesota (9)
  15. Memphis (18)
  16. Boise State (17)
  17. Notre Dame (19)
  18. Iowa (20)
  19. Michigan (13)
  20. Appalachian State (22)
  21. Air Force (24)
  22. Virginia (NR)
  23. USC (NR)
  24. Cincinnati (16)
  25. Navy (NR)

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