Evan Abrams, ESPN Chalk Close Production Researcher for ESPN Stats & Info Contributes to ESPN Chalk section Worked in sports information analytics for the past decade We have some new blood back atop the College Football Vegas Rankings this week. Ohio State joins Alabama for first place in the rankings, with LSU and TCU right behind. One of the biggest fallers in the rankings this week was Utah, who went from seventh to 15th. One of the biggest risers in the rankings was Oklahoma, which went from 14th to a tie for seventh. Two different schools moved out of the College Football Vegas Rankings this week: Texas A&M and California. The CFB Vegas Rankings are the composite power ratings of a panel of professional handicappers and college football statisticians, including fellow Insider Phil Steele, Brian Edwards and Bruce Marshall of The Gold Sheet. The ratings are intended to weigh the relative strength of the teams if they met on a neutral field and to be compared to the point spread on a given game. For example, if Ohio State (49 points) and Clemson (45) were to play on a neutral field this week, the Buckeyes would be considered a 4-point favorite by our ratings. Here’s a look at the 25 best teams in college football right now, according to our panel. T-1. Ohio State Buckeyes (49) Last Week: 4th (48) We have a tie at the top of the College Football Vegas Rankings, but instead of Baylor, this week it is Ohio State…
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