NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 11

Mississippi State retains the #1 ranking with a win, although Florida State is closing in on them, thanks to an increased strength of schedule. This week seemed to have a lot of top teams playing each other, and a lot of byes. Since the top 4 are really the important teams in this new College Football Playoff era, it's worth noting that Nebraska fell from #4 to #12 due to their bye. Ole Miss is now #4, leaping over Nebraska and Auburn, who lost to Texas A&M. #1-#3 remained the same.

Missouri, also on bye, dropped to #23 from #16.

At the bottom, Kent State lost, but somehow clawed their way out of last, to be replaced once again by SMU.

There's a potentially interesting scenario brewing for Marshall. Can an undefeated team be left out of the 4-team playoff, especially with only 1 or 2 other undefeated teams? Even though I have them all the way down at #13, I think they would have to be given a chance by the selection committee, even if it means leaving about a #4 seed they think would beat Marshall. It's different from selecting teams for a championship game directly, because in the event they really don't belong with the power conferences, they'll get blown out in the semifinal, and we'll still have a final of "deserving" teams. Of course, they were left completely off the top 25 of the latest available College Football Playoff rankings as of this writing which is week 10. That probably doesn't bode well for them, even if they have a 12-0 record and 3 strong victories to close out their season.

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

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