Week #13 Non-BCS College Football Rankings

The Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches Poll rankings have been released and Alabama is again number one in both polls.  I have some reservations with this development since the Crimson Tide, in last night's game against Mississippi State, only scored twenty points against a Bulldogs team with a losing record.  Even ESPN's postgame recap described last night's Alabama team as "lethargic, uninspired, sloppy and downright ordinary against a middling Southeastern Conference team."  Still, the AP and the Coaches Poll ranked Alabama ahead of Florida State, Baylor, and Ohio State, three teams that dominated their opponents yesterday.  Speaking of Ohio State, the Buckeyes are still in the top five in both polls.  However, the AP decided to move them from third to fourth despite their win over Illinois (OSU's place in the Coaches Poll is unchanged).  Last weekend's biggest loser though, was undoubtedly Stanford.  After their loss to an unranked USC, the Cardinals fell five places in the AP to tenth place and seven spots in the Coaches Poll to twelfth.  This development has once again put Oregon (now ranked 5th in both polls) in a position where they could secure a BCS-level bowl bid after their 44-21 win over Utah last night.   As for the rest of the top ten in the AP, #6 Auburn, #7 Clemson, #8 Missouri, and #9 Texas A&M each moved up one place as a result of Stanford's loss.  Texas, Miami (FL), and Georgia were dropped from the AP Top 25 after their losses to Oklahoma State, Duke, and Auburn, respectively.  The Howell Report will post the full BCS rankings and Jerry Palm's revised Bowl projections in Monday's blog entry.  Enjoy the evening, everybody!


 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25

RK	TEAM	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Alabama (55)	10-0	SEC
2	Florida State (5)	10-0	ACC
3	Baylor	9-0	BIG XII
4	Ohio State	10-0	Big Ten
5	Oregon	9-1	PAC-12
6	Auburn	10-1	SEC
7	Clemson	9-1	ACC
8	Missouri	9-1	SEC
9	Texas A&M	8-2	SEC
10	Stanford	8-2	PAC-12
11	Oklahoma State	9-1	BIG XII
12	South Carolina	8-2	SEC
13	Michigan State	9-1	Big Ten
14	UCLA	8-2	PAC-12
15	Fresno State	9-0	MWC
16	Wisconsin	8-2	Big Ten
17	UCF	8-1	AAC
18	LSU	7-3	SEC
19	Arizona State	8-2	PAC-12
20	Northern Illinois	10-0	MAC
21	Louisville	9-1	AAC
22	Oklahoma	8-2	BIG XII
23	USC	8-3	PAC-12
24	Ole Miss	7-3	SEC
25	Duke	8-2	ACC

USA TODAY COACHES POLL

This poll represents one third of the BCS rankings.

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Alabama (56)	10-0	1544
2	Florida State (6)	10-0	1487
3	Ohio State	10-0	1404
4	Baylor	9-0	1386
5	Oregon	9-1	1231
6	Clemson	9-1	1217
7	Auburn	10-1	1145
8	Missouri	9-1	1129
9	Oklahoma State	9-1	1030
10	Texas A&M	8-2	928
11	South Carolina	8-2	882
12	Stanford	8-2	865
13	Michigan State	9-1	729
14	UCLA	8-2	700
15	Louisville	9-1	627
16	Fresno State	9-0	622
17	Wisconsin	8-2	511
18	Oklahoma	8-2	502
19	LSU	7-3	478
20	UCF	8-1	446
21	Northern Illinois	10-0	418
22	Arizona State	8-2	352
23	Minnesota	8-2	173
24	Duke	8-2	131
25	USC	8-3	115

Numbers in parentheses represent amount of first-place votes.