| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Florida State | As expected, Florida State crushed Duke and are off to the BCS National Championship game. | 1 |
| 2 | 
| Auburn | Auburn did what they needed to do with a 59-42 win over Mizzou and got a lot of help from Michigan State. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Alabama | It must have been an odd week for Alabama who was stuck watching the title race from the sidelines. | 4 |
| 4 | 
| Baylor | Thanks to OSU losing earlier on Saturday, Baylor won the Big 12 title with their 30-10 victory over Texas. | 8 |
| 5 | 
| Michigan State | MSU's offense looked surprisingly potent against OSU and now it's off to Pasadena for the first time since '88. | 10 |
| 6 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes finally lost a game after winning 24 in a row. It cost them a trip to the championship. | 2 |
| 7 |  | South Carolina | A couple tough losses at Georgia and Tennessee cost South Carolina a trip to the SEC championship game. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Stanford | The Cardinal are off to the Rose Bowl following a 38-14 win at Arizona State in the Pac-12 title game. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Oregon | In the end it was disappointing for Oregon not to play for a shot at the Rose Bowl or the BCS national championship. | 11 |
| 10 | 
| Missouri | Missouri had absolutely no ability to stop the Auburn run and allowed 545 yards on the ground. | 5 |
| 11 |  | Clemson | Clemson is a top team, but their last chance for a big win will be in their bowl game. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma ruined Oklahoma State's shot at a conference title and moved themselves into BCS consideration. | 16 |
| 13 | 
| Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State missed out on a Big 12 title when the Sooners came to town and bedlam ensued. | 6 |
| 14 |  | LSU | LSU fell three times in SEC play and now they will have to play their bowl game without Zach Mettenberger. | 15 |
| 15 | 
| UCF | The Knights were already in a BCS bowl, but they finished the regular season with a win over SMU anyway. | 17 |
| 16 | 
| Arizona State | Arizona State's Rose Bowl bid fell short, but the Sun Devils had an amazing season. | 13 |
| 17 |  | UCLA | The Bruins couldn't surpass Arizona State in the Pac-12 South, but at least they beat USC en route to a bowl. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Louisville | Louisville knocked off Cincinnati in overtime. Either way they were off to the Russel Athletic Bowl. | 19 |
| 19 | 
| Fresno State | The Bulldogs won the Moutain West title game, but the loss to San Jose State stings even more now. | 22 |
| 20 | 
| Northern Illinois | Thanks to Bowling Green's stellar defense and five touchdown passes by Matt Johnson, NIU's BCS hopes are over. | 14 |
| 21 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies could use a bowl win to gain some momentum for 2014 after losing their last two games. | 23 |
| 22 |  | Georgia | Georgia has certainly had an up and down season, but the schedule has been absolutely brutal. | 24 |
| 23 | 
| Wisconsin | The Badgers were right in the mix for a BCS bowl until the last week of the Big Ten season. A nice bowl still awaits. | 25 |
| 24 | 
| USC | The Trojans creep back into the top 25, despite the only news last week being the hiring of a new coach. | NR |
| 25 | 
| Duke | Duke hung around with FSU for a little while, but it was not even close in the end. | 20 |
