2014 College Football Polls: Week 6

Week 5 saw a couple near-upsets, but overall the top teams survived the last weekend in September, setting up an epic Saturday that will see six matchups of top 25 teams.

	Composite	Average		AP	Coaches	F/+	Sagarin
1	Alabama	1.5	1	Florida State	Alabama	Alabama	Alabama
2	Oregon	2.75	2	Oregon	Florida State	Oregon	Oklahoma
3	Oklahoma	3.25	3	Alabama	Oklahoma	Stanford	Oregon
4	Florida State	4.5	4	Oklahoma	Oregon	Oklahoma	Auburn
5	Auburn	5.5	5	Auburn	Auburn	Ole Miss	Texas A&M
6	Texas A&M	7.25	6	Texas A&M	Baylor	Florida State	UCLA
7	Baylor	7.5	7	Baylor	Texas A&M	Mississippi State	Georgia
8	UCLA	9.5	8	UCLA	Notre Dame	Auburn	Baylor
9	Stanford	10	9	Notre Dame	UCLA	Baylor	Florida State
10	Ole Miss	10.5	10	Michigan State	Michigan State	LSU	Stanford
11	Michigan State	11	11	Ole Miss	Ole Miss	Texas A&M	Michigan State
12	Georgia	12	12	Mississippi State	Georgia	USC	Notre Dame
13	Notre Dame	12.25	13	Georgia	Stanford	Michigan State	LSU
14	LSU	13.25	14	Stanford	Mississippi State	Louisville	USC
15	Mississippi State	14.25	15	LSU	LSU	UCLA	Ole Miss
16	USC	15.5	16	USC	Wisconsin	Georgia	Wisconsin
17	Wisconsin	17	17	Wisconsin	Nebraska	Ohio State	Ohio State
18	Ohio State	18	18	BYU	Ohio State	TCU	Kansas State
19	East Carolina	21.5	19	Nebraska	BYU	Wisconsin	Florida
20	BYU	21.75	20	Ohio State	USC	Notre Dame	Clemson
21	Nebraska	22	21	Oklahoma State	East Carolina	West Virginia	Oklahoma State
22	Oklahoma State	22.5	22	East Carolina	Kansas State	Clemson	South Carolina
23	Kansas State	22.75	23	Kansas State	Oklahoma State	Virginia Tech	BYU
24	TCU	23.75	24	Missouri	Arizona State	Arkansas	Mississippi State
25	Clemson	24.5	25	TCU	TCU	Oklahoma State	Texas

Georgia Overview

After a close 35-32 victory over Tennessee, Georgia fell one spot in the composite, moving from #11 to #12.  While any victory against an SEC opponent is great, especially against the rival Vols, the Dawgs were not convincing by any means and fell appropriately.

Movers

Fell Out: #17 South Carolina, #18 Arizona State

Newcomers: #19 East Carolina, #24 TCU

Overrated

#10 Ole Miss: The Rebels are tenth in the latest composite rankings.  They have a tough road ahead, starting this weekend against #1 Alabama.  The party will be huge in Oxford this weekend, but the Rebels will be exposed.

Underrated

#15 Mississippi State: Despite what the composite may say, the Bulldogs are not the second worst team in the SEC West.  They’ll have a chance this weekend to prove they’re contenders when they play #6 Texas A&M.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#6 Texas A&M at #15 Mississippi State

#1 Alabama at #10 Ole Miss

#3 Oklahoma at #24 TCU

#9 Stanford at #13 Notre Dame

#14 LSU at #5 Auburn

#21 Nebraska at #11 Michigan State

Upset Alert

I’m going to put #18 Ohio State on upset alert this week when they travel to Maryland.  The Terps and their fans will be up for their first ever Big Ten home game and they’ll do just enough to get by the Buckeyes.