Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Florida State | Florida State survived their toughest test of the season. A trip to Louisville on 10/30 may be their second toughest. | 1 | |
2 | Mississippi | Ole Miss got one step closer to perfection with a win against Tennessee. This week they head to LSU. | 4 | |
3 | Mississippi State | MSU got a well deserved week off. Home games against Arkansas and Tennessee-Martin may feel like more weeks off. | 5 | |
4 | Alabama | The Tide absolutely crushed Texas A&M, although that may say more about the Aggies than Alabama. | 7 | |
5 | Michigan State | The Spartans rolled over Indiana. Next up is a home game against Michigan who will want to ruin MSU's season. | 6 | |
6 | Oregon | The Ducks dropped UW 45-20. They head to Berkeley on Friday night and Cal is playing some good football. | 8 | |
7 | Notre Dame | The Irish lost a thriller at Florida State. This team is not out of the playoff picture yet though. | 3 | |
8 | Kansas State | Kansas State went to Norman and came away with a massive 31-30 victory. Texas is next and then it gets tough. | 14 | |
9 | Baylor | Baylor fell from the ranks of the unbeaten with their tough loss to WVU. They get a week off to rest. | 2 | |
10 | Auburn | The Tigers got a week of in the middle of their brutal stretch of games. Next up is South Carolina on Saturday night. | 10 | |
11 | TCU | TCU absolutely dominated Oklahoma State. By Big 12 standards, they have a couple "easy" weeks coming up. | 17 | |
12 | Georgia | With or without Todd Gurley, Georgia is the team to beat in the SEC East. They host Florida this week. | 11 | |
13 | Ohio State | The Buckeyes have now scored 50 or more points in four straight games. Penn State should end that streak. | 12 | |
14 | Arizona State | ASU finally got a win over Stanford. The defense looked much, much better than they did the last two games. | 13 | |
15 | Nebraska | The Cornhuskers defense looked great in the second half against Northwestern. Wins should continue for a while. | 15 | |
16 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma fell to 2-2 in Big 12 play and a Big 12 title now looks quite unlikely. They now get a week off. | 9 | |
17 | Arizona | he Wildcats had to wait longer than they would have liked to put that tough loss to USC behind them. | 16 | |
18 | LSU | LSU looked like LSU again, but we'll see if they can do the same against Ole Miss on Saturday night. | 22 | |
19 | East Carolina | East Carolina hosts Connecticut on Thursday night. There probably isn't a team in the AAC that can beat ECU. | 24 | |
20 | UCLA | The Bruins finally ended their two game skid, but the 36-34 win over California was not very impressive. | 20 | |
21 | Clemson | For a second straight week, the Clemson offense looked shaky, but the defense led them to a win. | 25 | |
22 | Marshall | Marshall moved to 7-0 with a pretty easy win over FIU. The schedule may be easy, but this team can score. | NR | |
23 | Utah | Utah picked up a quality 29-23 overtime win at Oregon State. However, the next five games are brutal. | NR | |
24 | USC | Cody Kessler threw for seven touchdown passes as USC crushed Colorado. The Trojans head to Utah this week. | NR | |
25 | Wisconsin | The upcoming games against Maryland and Rutgers are not as simple for this team as it once looked. | 23 | |
Week 8 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sat, 10/18/2014