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2014 College Football Season – Week 5 Rankings
Voters punished ranked teams that lost as both South Carolina and Arizona State were taken out of the top 25, while the only movement a bit higher up the poll came in the form of UCLA, climbing to number eight, while the first seven teams, some of them not playing, stayed where they were, including defending national champions Florida State after another hard earned victory.
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2014 College Football Season – Week 4 Rankings
No change among the first seven teams in the top 25 after the games of week 4, but both Mississippi State (after beating LSU) and East Carolina (for winning against North Carolina) make their way into the rankings for the first time this season, while Missouri (for losing against Indiana) and Clemson (for losing to Florida State’s backup quarterback) dropped from the rankings.
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College Football – Rankings & Playoff Picture Keeps Changing
The interesting thing so far about this College Football season has been the ability of the top five or six teams so far – Florida State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Alabama, Oregon and Texas A&M, to distance themselves through the rankings from the pretenders to the playoff spots, as LSU become the latest team to suffer a surprising loss which sets them back quite harshly.
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College Football – 2014 Week 3 Rankings
No change in the first five spots of the latest top 25 rankings, meaning Florida State, Oregon, Alabama, Oklahoma and Auburn didn’t move whether they played or not, but Georgia fell seven spots after losing to South Carolina, getting a 10-spot surge up the rankings. Virginia Tech and Louisville lost to unranked teams, costing them a spot among the elite, meaning Nebraska and Oklahoma State fill in their place.
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College Football – Upsets Start Messing Up the Rankings
None of the popular picks for national title and the playoffs have lost, but major upsets are happening nonetheless, as USC lost for the first time this season to Boston College of all teams, Georgia were derailed by South Carolina and East Carolina carried on with their impressive season by surprising Virginia Tech.
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College Football – 2014 Week 2 Rankings
The number one team in the nation remains Florida State according to the rankings, but Oregon leap over Alabama to the number two spot thanks to their win over Michigan State as the Big Ten took some major hits from the voters and on the field. BYU, destroying Texas, and Virginia Tech, stunning Ohio State, are newcomers to the top 25 this season.
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College Football – 2014 Week 1 Rankings
There’s no real change in the top of the rankings after the week 1 games, as Florida State and Alabama occupy the top two despite unimpressive wins. Georgia (after beating Clemson) and Texas A&M (defeating South Carolina) are the high risers, scorching their way into the top 10, while Louisville beating Miami made them the only new team in the rankings, coming in instead of an unimpressive Washington team.
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College Basketball: Final Rankings of the 2013-2014 Season
The end to the 2014 NCAA Tournament means the end of the College Basketball season as well, and final rankings being handed out. Traditionally, the national champions, UConn, get the number one spot with the losers in the final, Kentucky, taking the runner-up position, although it’s probably clear to most they weren’t the best teams in the country.
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College Football – Final Rankings of the 2013 Season
The BCS era ends with the dethroning of the SEC as Florida State win the national championship game against Auburn, earning them the top spot in the year-end polls and rankings, with Auburn, Rose Bowl champions Michigan State, South Carolina and Missouri completing the top 5.
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2013 College Football Season – Week 12 BCS Standings
There’s no change in the higher reaches of the BCS Standings after week 13. Alabama and Florida State at the moment heading to the national championship game, Ohio State waiting for someone to fall. That simple? Not really, because the rise of Auburn to number 4 and of Missouri to number 5 really makes it a bit more complicated if either the Crimson Tide or the Seminoles mess up in the upcoming games.