NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 15

Imagine my surprise to find that I completely agree with the College Football Playoff committee.

Perhaps my agreement is not complete, but in the end the bracket is the same, and since the games are at neutral sites, that's almost all that matters. I have #1 Florida State vs #4 Oregon, whereas the CFP has Oregon at #2 and Florida State #3. The game is in Pasadena, which is closer to Oregon, but probably far enough to be any actual advantage. The other game, Ohio State "at" Alabama in New Orleans is just as the CFP set it up, just with different seeds. I'm not sure if rearranged seeding would have affected the locations of the games, though I could see an argument that the #1 team should get the location closest to home (Florida State in New Orleans in my rankings), and the rest fall into place from there.

So, why did TCU lose its Top 4 spot despite a convincing win? I would argue they never should have been up at #3 in the first place, and in fact I had them 11th last week. However, I do have them ranked higher than Baylor, which was a point of contention for the last few weeks among the pundits. I think the committee dodged most controversy by leaving out the Big 12, though they could have dodged it even better by not putting TCU so high last week.

If Missouri had beaten Alabama, and all other games stayed the same, I would have had them 5th, and the top 4 would have been the same, though Alabama would have fallen to #4. I honestly don't think the committee could have gotten away with choosing a conference non-champion without the champ, though, and both Alabama and Missouri would have been left out. As it is, Missouri fell to a respectable 10th in my ranks, and 16 by the committee. Although, I'm not sure if they care about much after #4.

Finally, congrats to SMU for avoiding the perfect 0-12 season. They even climbed out the cellar up to #126. The bottom team, which should stay there despite any bowl results, is now Idaho, though they're being somewhat punished for only playing 11 games. Them's the breaks, I say.

1	Florida State	13-0
2	Alabama	12-1
3	Ohio State	12-1
4	Oregon	12-1
5	Boise State	11-2
6	TCU	11-1
7	Marshall	12-1
8	Baylor	11-1
9	Georgia Tech	10-3
10	Missouri	10-3
11	Wisconsin	10-3
12	Mississippi State	10-2
13	Michigan State	10-2
14	Arizona	10-3
15	Ole Miss	9-3
16	Northern Illinois	11-2
17	UCLA	9-3
18	Georgia	9-3
19	Colorado State	10-2
20	Clemson	9-3
21	Kansas State	9-3
22	Nebraska	9-3
23	Arizona State	9-3
24	Auburn	8-4
25	Louisville	9-3
26	LSU	8-4
27	Utah State	9-4
28	Utah	8-4
29	Cincinnati	9-3
30	UCF	9-3
31	USC	8-4
32	Air Force	9-3
33	Minnesota	8-4
34	Duke	9-3
35	Memphis	9-3
36	Oklahoma	8-4
37	Louisiana Tech	8-5
38	Washington	8-5
39	Toledo	8-4
40	Georgia Southern	9-3
41	BYU	8-4
42	Texas A&M	7-5
43	Louisiana-Lafayette	8-4
44	Maryland	7-5
45	North Carolina State	7-5
46	Notre Dame	7-5
47	Stanford	7-5
48	East Carolina	8-4
49	West Virginia	7-5
50	Boston College	7-5
51	Rutgers	7-5
52	Iowa	7-5
53	Western Michigan	8-4
54	Tennessee	6-6
55	Western Kentucky	7-5
56	Arkansas	6-6
57	North Carolina	6-6
58	Nevada	7-5
59	Miami (FL)	6-6
60	Florida	6-5
61	Illinois	6-6
62	Rice	7-5
63	Virginia Tech	6-6
64	South Carolina	6-6
65	UTEP	7-5
66	Central Michigan	7-5
67	Arkansas State	7-5
68	Texas	6-6
69	Houston	7-5
70	Navy	6-5
71	Oklahoma State	6-6
72	Bowling Green	7-6
73	Pittsburgh	6-6
74	Penn State	6-6
75	Appalachian State	7-5
76	Texas State	7-5
77	Virginia	5-7
78	Middle Tennessee	6-6
79	San Diego State	6-5
80	Fresno State	6-7
81	Old Dominion	6-6
82	UAB	6-6
83	Northwestern	5-7
84	Kentucky	5-7
85	Michigan	5-7
86	California	5-7
87	Temple	6-6
88	South Alabama	6-6
89	Ohio	6-6
90	Oregon State	5-7
91	Ball State	5-7
92	Indiana	4-8
93	Texas Tech	4-8
94	Wyoming	4-8
95	Buffalo	5-6
96	South Florida	4-8
97	New Mexico	4-8
98	Florida International	4-8
99	Akron	5-7
100	Syracuse	3-9
101	Army	4-7
102	Purdue	3-9
103	Washington State	3-9
104	UTSA	4-8
105	Hawaii	4-9
106	Vanderbilt	3-9
107	Southern Miss	3-9
108	Louisiana-Monroe	4-8
109	Kansas	3-9
110	Tulane	3-9
111	Wake Forest	3-9
112	San Jose State	3-7
113	North Texas	4-8
114	Iowa State	2-10
115	Florida Atlantic	3-9
116	Colorado	2-10
117	Troy	3-9
118	Eastern Michigan	2-10
119	UNLV	2-11
120	Connecticut	2-10
121	Massachusetts	3-9
122	Miami (OH)	2-10
123	Kent State	2-9
124	Tulsa	2-10
125	New Mexico State	2-10
126	SMU	1-11
127	Georgia State	1-11
128	Idaho	1-10

2014 History and #1s

Week 1 Everybody who was 1-0

Week 2 LSU
Week 3 Oklahoma
Week 4 North Carolina State
Week 5 Nebraska
Week 6 Auburn
Week 7 Mississippi State
Week 8 Florida State
Week 9 Mississippi State
Week 10 Mississippi State
Week 11 Mississippi State
Week 12 Florida State
Week 13 Florida State
Week 14 Florida State