| 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
