Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Florida State | Florida State got a much needed week off to prepare for Thursday night's showdown in Louisville. | 1 | |
2 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State survied a road trip to Kentucky. Things should go even smoother at home against Arkansas. | 3 | |
3 | Alabama | Alabama gets a week off to prepare for a tough final stretch that includes LSU, Mississippi State and Auburn. | 4 | |
4 | Michigan State | Once again the Spartans defense was all over Michigan. The big one againt Ohio State is after a week off. | 5 | |
5 | Oregon | The Ducks handled Cal in an expected shootout. This week they host Stanford with the Pac-12 North on the line. | 6 | |
6 | Mississippi | Bo Wallace and Ole Miss struggled to move the ball against LSU and suffered their first loss of the season. | 2 | |
7 | Notre Dame | The Irish had to spend another week thinking about the Florida State loss. Next up is a trip to Navy. | 7 | |
8 | Kansas State | Kansas State shutdown the Texas offense in a 23-0 win. The Wildcats allowed just 196 yards of total offense. | 8 | |
9 | Auburn | Auburn is still in the mix for an SEC West title, but they will have to beat Ole Miss on Saturday to stay alive. | 10 | |
10 | Baylor | Baylor had an extra week to figure out what went wrong at WVU. They won't need it for Kansas though. | 9 | |
11 | TCU | Trevone Boykin threw seven touchdown passes as TCU dropped 82 points on poor Texas Tech. | 11 | |
12 | Georgia | Georgia enjoyed a week off to prepare for the final stretch. It starts against Florida on Saturday afternoon. | 12 | |
13 | Ohio State | The Buckeyes survived a tough road trip to Penn State and will return home to get an easy win over Illinois. | 13 | |
14 | Arizona State | It wasn't pretty, but the Sun Devils slipped past Washington. It won't be easy this week either against Utah. | 14 | |
15 | Nebraska | Nebraska cruised past Rutgers. This week they play Purdue before the tougher Big Ten West contests. | 15 | |
16 | Arizona | Arizona cruised past Washington State and they will stay on the road and head to UCLA on Saturday night. | 17 | |
17 | LSU | An SEC West title may be out of reach, but LSU will ruin some dreams on the way…like Bama on 11/8. | 18 | |
18 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is another Big 12 team coming off of a bye following a tough loss. They head to Iowa State this week. | 16 | |
19 | East Carolina | East Carolina had some trouble with Connecticut, but came away with a 31-21 win. A trip to Temple awaits. | 19 | |
20 | Marshall | Marshall was down at halftime to Florida Atlantic, but went on to win 35-16. They head to Southern Miss this week. | 22 | |
21 | Utah | The Utes picked up another nice win against USC and there are many, many more chances for big wins to come. | 23 | |
22 | Clemson | With a 16-6 victory over Syracuse, Clemson has now won five in a row. They will make it six at Wake Forest. | 21 | |
23 | West Virginia | West Virginia moved to 4-1 in Big 12 play and have a good shot at winning the conference, but they must beat TCU. | NR | |
24 | UCLA | It took double overtime, but UCLA eventually knocked off Colorado in a 40-37 thriller. | 20 | |
25 | Wisconsin | The Badgers dropped 52 points on Maryland and allowed just a single late touchdown. | 25 | |
Week 9 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 10/26/2014