NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 14

Even though we still have Army-Navy to go, the playoff has been set. Most years those things don't really affect each other, but Navy was one win against Houston away from playing for their conference title game, which, if won, could have put them at least in the mix for a spot in the top 4. Alas, the sports world can't always be as zany as I'd like.

Clemson, Alabama, and Michigan State won to stay in my top 4. During most of the season the committee announces their results on Tuesdays, but in the final week they go right for it on Sunday morning. I matched their top 3 picks, so I shouldn't complain too much about their picks. We have the same 3 teams at #4-#6, but #4 is the only one that matters in that range. I'd have put Iowa in at #4, but they went with my #6, Oklahoma. The fact that Iowa just lost is almost certainly what knocked them out of consideration. If not Iowa, I'd have put Stanford ahead of Oklahoma too.

Missouri didn't play this week, but they did announce they didn't want to be one of the 5-7 teams in a bowl. They also hired their Defensive Coordinator as the new Head Coach. I don't know much about him, but the experts in town seem a little leery. We'll see if he can at least retain most of Gary Pinkel's recruits for next year.

What if LSU had won their canceled week 1 game against McNeese State?
McNeese State lost their playoff game, so I don't think this question will get any more interesting in subsequent weeks. That win would bump LSU from #28 to #17, still well out of playoff contention.

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

2015 History and #1s

Week 1 Everybody who was 1-0
Week 2 Texas A&M
Week 3 Ohio State
Week 4 Northwestern
Week 5 Northwestern
Week 6 Florida
Week 7 Iowa
Week 8 Michigan State
Week 9 Clemson
Week 10 Clemson
Week 11 Clemson
Week 12 Clemson
Week 13 Clemson