| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Florida State | Florida State remains perfect after beating Syracuse, but next up is a huge game against Notre Dame. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Baylor | The Bears mounted a furious comeback to beat TCU 61-58. We're starting to look ahead to the 11/8 game at OU. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish offense outscored UNC 50-43, but all eyes are on Florida State. That game could be even higher scoring. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Mississippi | Ole Miss went to College Station and crushed the Aggies. Next up is a seemingly easy home game against Tennessee. | 6 |
| 5 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State got off to 21-0 lead and held on to beat Auburn 38-23. Next up is a seemingly easy trip to Kentucky. | 9 |
| 6 |  | Michigan State | If Michigan State can be tested against Purdue, anybody in the Big Ten can beat them on any given day. | 5 |
| 7 |  | Alabama | It wasn't pretty and this is not a great Bama team right now, but there is plenty of time for big wins. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Oregon | The Ducks beat up on UCLA 42-30 at the Rose Bowl. This is still a team deep in the playoff hunt. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Oklahoma | It is rare that OU has the Red River Rivalry sandwiched inbetween two ranked teams, but they beat Texas 31-26. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Auburn | Auburn lost their road test to Mississippi State, but there are plenty of other massive road games still to come. | 2 |
| 11 |  | Georgia | On the road against a ranked Mizzou squad? That's no problem for Georgia as they cruise to a 34-0 victory. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State took the week off and maybe they actually needed it to help prepare for the Rutgers passing attack. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State got a much needed week off after playing UCLA and USC. Now they host Stanford. | 15 |
| 14 |  | Kansas State | K-State got a week off to prepare for a brutal stretch of games that begins with a trip to Oklahoma. | 20 |
| 15 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska hits the road again this week with a trip to Evanston to take on a surprisingly tough Northwestern squad. | 22 |
| 16 |  | Arizona | Arizona fell to USC, the last team to lose a Pac-12 game,yet remain right in the thick of the Pac-12 South title hunt. | 17 |
| 17 |  | TCU | That one is going to sting for a while. TCU was up 58-37 in the fourth before allowing 24 points to lose 61-58 to Baylor. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Stanford | Stanford took care of business against WSU on Friday night, but the team is struggling offensively. | 16 |
| 19 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M will be happy to have those pesky teams from Mississippi done for the year. Bama is next though. | 14 |
| 20 |  | UCLA | Back-to-back home losses are not going to get UCLA to the Pac-12 title game. It may be good that they hit the road. | 11 |
| 21 |  | Oklahoma State | Now we get to see what OSU is made of. The schedule has been easy since their season opening loss to FSU. | 23 |
| 22 |  | LSU | LSU finally won an SEC game. They should get another against Kentucky next week, but that could be it. | 18 |
| 23 |  | Wisconsin | The Badgers did what they needed to do against Illinois, but the passing attack needs a lot of work. | 21 |
| 24 |  | East Carolina | The Pirates had to outscore South Florida 21-0 in the second half to win 28-17. They now have time to regroup. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Clemson | Clemson held on to beat Louisville and that means they are the team waiting for Florida State to stumble. | NR |
Week 7 Football Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 10/12/2014
