2015 College Football Polls: Week 14 - Thank You Mark Richt Edition

Week 14 Polls

	AP	Coaches	S&P+	Massey
1	Clemson (53)	Clemson (58)	Clemson	Alabama
2	Alabama (8)	Alabama (5)	Alabama	Oklahoma
3	Oklahoma	Iowa (1)	Oklahoma	Clemson
4	Iowa	Oklahoma	Ohio State	Ohio State
5	Michigan State	Michigan State	Florida State	Michigan State
6	Ohio State	Ohio State	Michigan	Iowa
7	Stanford	Stanford	Ole Miss	Notre Dame
8	North Carolina	North Carolina	Baylor	Stanford
9	Notre Dame	Florida State	Notre Dame	Baylor
10	Florida State	Notre Dame	Western Kentucky	Florida State
11	TCU	TCU	Michigan State	TCU
12	Baylor	Baylor	Navy	North Carolina
13	Northwestern	Northwestern	LSU	Ole Miss
14	Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State	West Virginia	Michigan
15	Oregon	Florida	Stanford	Oklahoma State
16	Ole Miss	Oregon	Florida	Florida
17	Houston	Ole Miss	Arkansas	Houston
18	Florida	Houston	Bowling Green	Navy
19	Michigan	Michigan	TCU	LSU
20	Temple	Utah	Washington	Oregon
21	Utah	Temple	USC	USC
22	Navy	Navy	UCLA	Northwestern
23	LSU	LSU	Mississippi State	Utah
24	USC	USC	Toledo	Tennessee
25	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Oklahoma State	Wisconsin

Georgia Overview

Georgia went to Atlanta and started a new winning streak over Georgia Tech, defeating the Yellow Jackets 13-7.

However, the bigger news came this morning when it was announced that Mark Richt would not be returning as head coach in 2016.  For the majority of my time as a fan of the Georgia Bulldogs, Mark Richt has been the man in charge.  I so wish the Dawgs could have won a title with Richt at the helm, particularly in 2012.

I have many great memories between the hedges thanks in large part to Coach Richt, and for that, I’m thankful.  It will be very strange seeing a new face on the sidelines in 2016.

Movers

Fell Out: #20 Washington State, #22 UCLA, #23 Mississippi State, #24 Toledo

Newcomers: #21 Utah, #23 LSU, #24 USC, #25 Wisconsin

Overrated

#8 North Carolina.  The Tar Heels have had an incredible run leading up to the ACC Championship Game.  However, that run will end at the hands of the Clemson Tigers.  Hold your heads high, Tar Heels, but you are not the eighth best team in the nation.

Underrated

#10 Florida State.  How did this team lose to Georgia Tech?  Besides that strange loss, the only other blemish on the Noles’ season is a loss to the number one team in the country.  The Seminoles will once again be in a Big Six bowl game and are playing great football to close the season.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#20 Temple vs. #17 Houston

#18 Florida vs. #2 Alabama

#7 Stanford vs. #24 USC

#5 Michigan State vs. #4 Iowa

#8 North Carolina vs. #1 Clemson

Upset Alert

Last week I incorrectly picked the Egg Bowl.  I’ll try to do better this week.

My upset pick this week is Iowa over Michigan State in the Big 10 Championship Game.  I don’t really have a good reason for this pick, but it just feels right.  Welcome to the College Football Playoff, Hawkeyes.