Week 14 Polls

The Associated Press Top 25

The historical gold standard of human polls, but don’t MATTER matter, now that the Playoff rankings are underway.

1. Clemson
2. Oklahoma
3. Wisconsin
4. Auburn
5. Alabama
6. Georgia
7. Miami
8. Ohio State
9. Penn State
10. TCU
11. USC
12. UCF
13. Washington
14. Stanford
15. Notre Dame
16. Memphis
17. LSU
18. Oklahoma State
19. Michigan State
20. Northwestern
21. Washington State
22. Virginia tech
23. USF
24. Mississippi State
25. Fresno State

The Massey computer composite

Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, basically. We’ll update this one a couple times throughout Sunday.

1. Clemson
2. Wisconsin
3. Alabama
4. Georgia
5. Auburn
6. Oklahoma
7. Penn State
8. Ohio State
9. Miami
10. Notre Dame
11. UCF
12. Washington
13. TCU
14. USC
15. Stanford
16. Virginia Tech
17. Oklahoma State
18. Michigan State
19. Northwestern
20. Michigan
21. Memphis
22. Washington State
23. LSU
24. NC State
25. Iowa

The Sagarin ratings

A team quality stat that also includes FCS teams. Posts early Sunday.

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Auburn
4. Penn State
5. Wisconsin
6. Ohio State
7. Oklahoma
8. Georgia
9. Washington
10. TCU
11. Notre Dame
12. Miami
13. Stanford
14. Oklahoma State
15. USC
16. UCF
17. Virginia Tech
18. LSU
19. Northwestern
20. Mississippi State
21. Michigan
22. Iowa
23. Louisville
24. NC State
25. Iowa State

Bill Connelly's S&P+ ratings

SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform very well against the Vegas spread.

1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Wisconsin
4. Georgia
5. Washington
6. Penn State
7. Auburn
8. Central Florida
9. Oklahoma
10. Clemson
11. Oklahoma State
12. Miami-FL
13. TCU
14. Notre Dame
15. Florida Atlantic
16. South Florida
17. Memphis
18. Louisville
19. USC
20. LSU
21. Toledo
22. Michigan
23. Fresno State
24. Virginia Tech

The USA Today Coaches Poll

Doesn’t matter much.

1. Clemson
2. Oklahoma
3. Wisconsin
4. Auburn
5. Alabama
6. Georgia
7. Miami/Ohio State
8. (No eighth-ranked team due to the tie above)
9. USC
10. Penn State
11. UCF
12. TCU
13. Washington
14. Memphis
15. Stanford
16. LSU
17. Notre Dame
18. Oklahoma State
19. Michigan State
20. Northwestern
21. Virginia Tech
22. Washington State
23. USF
24. Mississippi State
25. San Diego State

Georgia Overview

The Dawgs made it eight straight wins at Bobby Dodd, beating Georgia Tech 38-7 to finish the regular season 11-1.

They now go back to Atlanta for the second straight week to play Auburn in the SEC Championship and seek revenge for their only blemish on the year.

Movers

Fell Out: #25 Boise State

Newcomers: #25 Fresno State

Overrated

#21 Washington State

The Cougars didn’t put up a fight in the Apple Cup, getting blown out 41-14. I’m surprised they are still as high as #21, although the teams behind them don’t have a strong argument to being ranked higher either.

Underrated

#12 UCF

UCF finished the regular season undefeated, and if the BCS were still around, would be ranked higher, as the computers used for the old rankings seemingly love the Golden Knights.

This Week’s Top 25 Matchups

#14 Stanford vs. #11 USC

#16 Memphis at #12 UCF

#10 TCU vs. #2 Oklahoma

#6 Georgia vs. #4 Auburn

#7 Miami vs. #1 Clemson

#8 Ohio State vs. #3 Wisconsin

Upset Alert

Last week, I incorrectly predicted a Washington State victory in the Apple Cup

On Championship Weekend, I’m taking Stanford to win the Pac-12 over USC.