Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Florida State | Florida State did it again. After beating Florida, the only thing standing in their way is Georgia Tech. | 1 | |
2 | Alabama | Alabama got revenge against Auburn, setting up a potentially fun SEC title game against Missouri. | 2 | |
3 | Oregon | The Ducks beat up on Oregon State and now they are just one game away from reaching the playoffs. | 3 | |
4 | Baylor | Texas Tech mounted a furious comeback, but Baylor held on to win 48-46. They finish at home against K-State. | 4 | |
5 | TCU | TCU crushed Texas on Thanksgiving and the only things that stands between them and perfection is Iowa State. | 6 | |
6 | Ohio State | Once again OSU pulled away in the second half, but an injury to J.T. Barrett is very worrisome. | 7 | |
7 | Michigan State | Michigan State rolled over Penn State and finished the year with a 10-2 record. The rumors say Peach Bowl. | 9 | |
8 | Arizona | Arizona held onto to beat ASU 42-35 and now they are headed to the Pac-12 title game. | 12 | |
9 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State lost the big Egg Bowl game. The playoffs are out of reach, but the big bowls are not. | 5 | |
10 | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech is playing great football right now and they have a date with FSU in the ACC Championship game. | 15 | |
11 | Kansas State | Kansas State has a big game against Baylor on Saturday. Win and the Wildcats are in a major bowl. | 11 | |
12 | Wisconsin | After beating Minnesota, the Badgers get a shot at a J.T. Barrett-less Ohio State squad in the Big Ten title game. | 14 | |
13 | Mississippi | Ole Miss ruined Mississippi State's season with a 31-17 win. The Rebels are now eyeing a major bowl berth. | 16 | |
14 | Missouri | Missouri deserves a lot of credit for coming back to beat Arkansas. Now they will try to represent the SEC East. | 21 | |
15 | Georgia | Georgia fell in a heartbreaker to Georgia Tech. That should take their bowl hopes out of the committee's hands. | 8 | |
16 | UCLA | The Bruins were the top two loss team in the committee's rankings, but they did't even win the Pac-12 South. | 10 | |
17 | Arizona State | The Sun Devils had a great season, but could not get past UA to win the Pac-12 South title. | 13 | |
18 | Oklahoma | The way the Big 12 is going this year, a 4th place finish is not all that horrible for OU. They will need to beat OSU though. | 20 | |
19 | Clemson | Clemson beat South Carolina 35-17 and finished the regular season with a 9-3 record. | 24 | |
20 | Louisville | Louisville held on to beat Kentucky 44-40. In the end, a 9-3 overall record is pretty good in year one in the ACC. | 23 | |
21 | LSU | LSU held on to beat Texas A&M on Thursday night, but the regular season still ends with a disappointing 4 losses. | 25 | |
22 | Boise State | Thanks to Marshall losing, Boise is off to a New Year's Six bowl if they can get past Fresno in the MW title game. | NR | |
23 | Nebraska | The Cornhuskers picked up a nice win over Iowa to finish the regular season with a 9-3 record. | NR | |
24 | Auburn | Auburn held around for a while against Alabama, but there were no miracles this time around. | 18 | |
25 | Marshall | Marshall lost a tough, and thrilling, 67-66 overtime game to WKU, but they are still off to the CUSA title game. | 17 | |
Week 14 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sat, 11/29/2014