| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Alabama | Alabama held on to beat Mississippi State. The Tide face Chattanooga in a warmup before the huge Iron Bowl. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Florida State | Florida State took care of business against Syracuse and finished 8-0 in the ACC. Idaho and Florida are next. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes are still undefeated after a 60-35 victory over Illinois. They can score more against Indiana. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Baylor keeps scoring and keeps winning. Their toughest road test of the season comes this week against OSU. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Oregon | The Ducks rebounded nicely from their loss to Stanford with a 44-21 win at home against Utah. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Auburn | Thanks to an amazing touchdown reception by Ricardo Louis, Auburn beat Georgia in a 43-38 thriller. | 8 |
| 7 |  | Clemson | The Tigers wrapped up ACC play with another big win, but they still have The Citadel and South Carolina to go. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Missouri | The SEC East is Missouri's to lose right now. With games at Ole Miss and against TAMU, they could lose it. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M really does not have a big win at all this year. They have opportunities at LSU and Missouri. | 10 |
| 10 |  | South Carolina | The Gamecocks finished 6-2 in SEC play and need Missouri to lose at least once to get a shot at an SEC title. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Stanford | Stanford fell again to an unranked team, although USC is ranked now. That is great news for Oregon. | 5 |
| 12 |  | Oklahoma State | The Cowboys went to Austin and came away with a nice win. They play the other undefeated team Big 12 team next. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Fresno State | Fresno State's battle for perfection continues this week against UNM. But the big test will be at San Jose State. | 13 |
| 14 |  | UCLA | UCLA hosts Arizona State on Saturday with, likely, the Pac-12 South title on the line. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Michigan State | Michigan State is now two games up on Minnesota and Nebraska in the Big Ten Legends division. | 19 |
| 16 |  | Northern Illinois | NIU moved to a perfect 10-0 with a nice win over Ball State, although it was much closer than 48-27 would indicate. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Oklahoma | Eventually Oklahoma pulled away from Iowa State on senior day. This week they head to Manhattan. | 14 |
| 18 |  | LSU | LSU got a week off to recover from their loss to Alabama. And they may need it with Texas A&M coming up next. | 17 |
| 19 |  | UCF | UCF survived a scare from a one win Temple team and are still on pace to win the American. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Louisville | In a surprisingly defensive contest, Louisville knocked off Houston 20-13. They play Memphis this week. | 18 |
| 21 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State controls their own destiny, but they must go to the Rose Bowl and face UCLA this week. | 21 |
| 22 |  | Wisconsin | Wisconsin absolutely destroyed IU. The Badgers rushed for an amazing 554 yards. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Duke | The Blue Devils beat Miami (in football) to make them the actual favorites to play FSU in the ACC title game. | NR |
| 24 |  | USC | USC played themselves into the Pac-12 South title picture with their impressive 20-17 win over Stanford. | NR |
| 25 |  | Mississippi | Ole Miss is back in the top 25 after going out of conference and beating Troy 51-21. | NR |
Week 12 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sat, 11/16/2013
