NCAAF Championship Predictions to follow up the Top 25

This Week 14, check out the list with Top 25 teams, which are the best according to several expert opinions, rules, performance and statistics that defines the ranking and shape the Vegas odds on College Football National Championship. Don’t worry, NCAAF Championship predictions are easy to prepare if you focus on these teams from the list, along with their odds to win.

For me, this is an accurate way to follow up these teams through the Regular Season and even the Postseason, so you decide which of them are worth to consider or not in your plans and strategies until the Final Game.

The ranking serves several purposes, one of them is for the Fans to have the opportunity to follow the NCAAF Championship line from Week 1 to the playoffs.

Moreover, it also serves as a way for the Playoff Selection Committee to define the path of the top 12 teams at the end of the season.

MyBookie NCAAF Championship Top 25 to Win according to Odds and AP Poll

What you have to ask, is how many of these AP Top 25 teams have been in the ranking all regular season, and then, how many and which of those teams have been champions.

This is the main purpose of this piece, which provides you with information that you could consider discovering each week in the rakings’ movement.

In addition, you need to remember that 12-team are going to be in the Playoffs.

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Ohio State #1 with 11-0 Record and +178 odds
Indiana #2 with 11-0 Record and +510 odds
Texas A+M #3 with 11-0 Record and +750 odds
Georgia #4 with 10-1 Record and +1025 odds
Texas Tech #5 with 10-1 Record and +1275 odds
Oregon #6 with 10-1 Record and +1150 odds
Ole Miss #7 with 10-1 Record and +2100 odds
Oklahoma #8 with 9-2 Record and +3200 odds
Notre Dame #9 9-2 Record points and +910 odds
Alabama #10 with 9-2 Record and +1500 odds
BYU #11 with 10-1 Record and +16000 odds
Miami FL #12 with 9-2 Record and +7500 odds
Teams likely go to the Playoffs ↑
Teams Out of the Playoffs ↓
Utah #13 with 9-2 Record
Vanderbilt #14 with 9-2 Record
Michigan #15 with 9-2 Record
Texas #16 with 8-3 Record
USC #17 with 8-3 Record
Virginia #18 with 9-2 Record
Tennessee #19 with 8-3 Record
Arizona State #20 with 8-3 Record
SMU #21 with 8-3 Record
Pittsburgh #22 with 8-3 Record
Georgia Tech #23 with 9-2 Record
Tulane #24 with 9-2 Record
Arizona #25 with 8-3 Record

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How the AP Poll Top 25 Work

AP Top 25 College Football Poll - Journalist Alan J. Gould, an editor and writer of the AP

There has been a tradition of ranking NCAAF teams since 1936, when journalist Alan J. Gould, an editor and writer, decided to do it himself. However, several fellow journalists decided to build on Gould’s idea by conducting a poll with different sports editors instead of just one, and the first weekly AP poll was born.

Since then, the poll practically decides the favorite teams competing in the national championship race.

Consequently, more than 60 writers and broadcasters from across the U.S. cast their individual votes, which are chosen by the AP agency based on their expertise in the sport. So that’s why your NCAAF Championship predictions need to focus on this important list, which is a good key point to consider.

Voters first create a list of the top 25 teams in their criteria.
Based on the previous point, each team is assigned a number of points, giving the best team 25 points.
Likewise, they themselves assign the second-lowest number to the second team, and so on.

#1 team: 25 points
#2 team: 24
#3 team: 23
#4 team: 22
#5 team: 21
#6 team: 20
#7 team: 19
#8 team: 18
#9 team: 17
#10 team: 16
#11 team: 15
#12 team: 14
#13 team: 13
#14 team: 12
#15 team: 11
#16 team: 10
#17 team: 9
#18 team: 8
#19 team: 7
#20 team: 6
#21 team: 5
#22 team: 4
#23 team: 3
#24 team: 2
#25 team: 1

After the individual selection and scoring process, the AP combines the numerical value of each voter’s poll and ranks the teams by number of points in descending order to create the final ranking.

Evolution of the Poll

1936 to 1940: Back then they ranked 20 teams each week and were #1 Minnesota, #2 Duke, #3 Army and #4 Northwestern the top 4 spots.

1961 to 1967: For these years, only 10 teams were ranked each week.

1989: The ranking expands to 25 teams.

Journalist Poll

Currently there are two types of surveys, the ones that editors and broadcasters update, while on the other hand, there is also the coaches’ poll.

Furthermore, there are 62 journalists and broadcasters from all over the United States who conduct the Top 25 poll from the preseason, and so on each week of the regular season, as well as the Bowls and the College Football Playoff.

The poll is published on Sundays and as a detail to take into account, the participants of the poll are not obliged to rank the winner of the CFP in the #1 position.

That’s how Southern California, LSU and UCF have all finished first by achieving surprising results in Bowls and Championship games. That’s why competition prevails in NCAA Football, as all teams can earn rankings in the poll.

Finally, here the biggest winner in the AP Top 25 Poll has been Alabama, which has the most No. 1 rankings at the end of the season in the history of the AP Poll with 12: 1961, 1964, 1965, 1965, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 y 2020.

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Henry Watkins
Henry is originally from Scotland but now resides in Metro Atlanta with his chef wife Penny. As well as working as a Sports freelance writer, he also writes horror fiction. Watson is the author of Karaoke Night, Crueller, and Off The Grid.