NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 12

Alabama knocked off Mississippi State, and jumped over them in the rankings to #2. At #1 is undefeated Florida State. Alabama's win and the bye for Ole Miss brought them down to #8 and out of the top 4 this week.

I have nothing against Florida State, but I was really rooting for Miami to finish off their upset last night, leaving only one undefeated team, Marshall, who I have up to #9 now. Marshall's remaining games are against current #81 and #83 Western Kentucky and UAB, so their strength of schedule won't be terribly strong. And, my rankings are giving them way more credit than the playoff selection committee. I'll be rooting for them the rest of the way, partially to see if the committee would be so bold as to deny one of only 2 undefeated teams entry into a 4-team playoff.

Missouri continues to climb in the rankings, now up to #13 from #23 by beating #24 Texas A&M. Georgia is now right behind them at #14.  Missouri should be able to win their last 2 games to make the SEC title game, where I fully expect them to get stomped by Alabama. If they lose to Tennessee or Arkansas, they can't make the title game, if I understand my tiebreakers correctly, because Georgia is finished with SEC play at 6-2, and Missouri's 5-1 means a 1-1 finish would tie the teams, which would then be broken by Georgia's victory earlier this year.

Down at the bottom of the rankings, we have SMU, 0-9 and holding on strong to the last spot.

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

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