2014 College Football Polls: Week 14

Week 13.  The calm before the storm.

	AP	Coaches	Massey composite
1	Florida State	Alabama	Alabama
2	Alabama	Florida State	Oregon
3	Oregon	Oregon	Mississippi State
4	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	TCU
5	Baylor	TCU	Georgia
6	TCU	Baylor	Florida State
7	Ohio State	Ohio State	Baylor
8	Georgia	Michigan State	Ohio State
9	UCLA	Georgia	Ole Miss
10	Michigan State	UCLA	UCLA
11	Kansas State	Kansas State	Auburn
12	Arizona	Arizona	Michigan State
13	Arizona State	Arizona State	Kansas State
14	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
15	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Oklahoma
16	Georgia Tech	Auburn	Arizona
17	Missouri	Missouri	Missouri
18	Ole Miss	Oklahoma	Marshall
19	Marshall	Ole Miss	Georgia Tech
20	Oklahoma	Marshall	Arizona State
21	Colorado State	Colorado State	LSU
22	Minnesota	Minnesota	Arkansas
23	Clemson	Louisville	Louisville
24	Louisville	Clemson	Clemson
25	Boise State	Boise State	Nebraska

Georgia Overview

Georgia had a good tune up before their matchup with Georgia Tech, cruising to a 55-9 victory over Charleston Southern.  Nick Chubb had 113 yards on nine carries and found the endzone twice, and the starters were out by the start of the second half.

But now the fun begins.  Tech this weekend, and if we can get some help from our friends in Fayetteville, a showdown with Alabama or Mississippi State for the SEC title.

Movers

Fell Out: #20 Utah, #21 Nebraska, #24 USC, #25 Duke

Newcomers: #22 Minnesota, #23 Clemson, #24 Louisville, #25 Boise State

Overrated

#13 Arizona State.  The Sun Devils are good, but they aren’t great.  The best team they’ve played this year, UCLA, routed them 62-27, and the Notre Dame victory has lost some of its shine.  I think they will lose to Arizona in Tucson the day after Thanksgiving. 

Underrated

Arkansas.  It’s very hard to rank a team that is 6-5, but boy, Arkansas has a case.  They will have played all eight SEC games against teams who, at the time, were ranked in the Top 20.  Let that soak in for a second.  And to be bowl eligible and have a shot at a seventh victory?  You have to give some dap to Bret Bielema, especially after the Razorbacks recorded their second straight shutout against a ranked opponent.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#13 Arizona State at #12 Arizona

#16 Georgia Tech at #8 Georgia

#4 Mississippi State at #18 Ole Miss

#22 Minnesota at #14 Wisconsin

#15 Auburn at #1 Alabama

Upset Alert

Last week, I had Arkansas over Ole Miss.  We know how that went.

This week, I almost picked Florida over Florida State.  I like the Gators’ ground game against the Seminoles, and teams traditionally step it up in a coach’s final game.  But then I remembered how bad Florida is at the end of games and how good Florida State closes out games.  So I like Florida State but by no more than a touchdown.

I am, however, going to go with Stanford over UCLA.

Happy Thanksgiving.  Go Dawgs.  Woo Pig Sooie.