| 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
