2014 College Football Polls: Week 12

Week 11 of the 2014 College Football Season saw a bit of everything from the nation’s elite - comebacks, bouncebacks, statement wins, and disappointing losses all were part of this past weekend’s slate of games.  Let’s recap.

	AP	Coaches	Massey composite
1	Mississippi State	Mississippi State	Alabama
2	Florida State	Florida State	Mississippi St
3	Oregon	Alabama	Auburn
4	Alabama	Oregon	Ole Miss
5	TCU	TCU	TCU
6	Baylor	Baylor	Oregon
7	Arizona State	Ohio State	Florida State
8	Ohio State	Arizona State	Baylor
9	Auburn	Auburn	Ohio State
10	Ole Miss	Ole Miss	Georgia
11	Nebraska	Nebraska	LSU
12	Michigan State	Michigan State	Arizona State
13	Kansas State	Kansas State	Kansas State
14	UCLA	Georgia	Michigan State
15	Notre Dame	UCLA	Nebraska
16	Georgia	Notre Dame	Oklahoma
17	Arizona	Clemson	UCLA
18	Clemson	Arizona	Clemson
19	Duke	Duke	Notre Dame
20	LSU	LSU	Marshall
21	Marshall	Marshall	Wisconsin
22	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Texas A&M
23	Colorado State	Georgia Tech	Arizona State
24	Georgia Tech	Oklahoma	USC
25	Utah	Colorado State	Duke

Georgia Overview

The Dawgs trounced the Kentucky Wildcats 63-31 in their first game since the Florida debacle.  Quarterback Hutson Mason has by far his best game of the season, throwing four touchdowns while slinging it all around (and down) the field.  Freshman Isaiah McKenzie became the twelfth player in NCAA to return both a kickoff and a punt for a touchdown as well in the victory.

Movers

Fell Out: #16 Oklahoma, #24 West Virginia

Newcomers: #23 Colorado State, #24 Georgia Tech

Overrated

#15 Notre Dame.  The Fighting Irish were run out of Tempe on Saturday, losing to Arizona State 55-31.  They don’t have a quality win yet this season, and they should have fallen more than seven spots.

Underrated

#19 Duke.  There isn’t a clear underrated team this week, so we’ll talk about Duke in this space.  The Blue Devils have a shot an 11-1 regular season and a date with FSU in the ACC title game.  This scenario hasn’t gotten a lot of run, but if Duke somehow knocks off the Seminoles, we are looking at the first college football playoff have the Duke Blue Devils playing for a title.  Crazy.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#18 Clemson at #24 Georgia Tech

#1 Mississippi State at #4 Alabama

#11 Nebraska at #22 Wisconsin

#9 Auburn at #16 Georgia

Upset Alert

Last week, Notre Dame indeed was knocked out of the running for the playoff.  However, Baylor did not trip up in the slightest, keeping their hopes alive.

This week, I’m putting the Utah Utes on upset alert as they travel to Stanford.  It’s been a nice return to the Top 25 for the Utes this season, but it will come to an end this coming weekend.