College Football Rankings 2014: Final NCAA Overview of Week 7 Standings

After one of the wildest weekends in recent college football history, the schedule for Week 7 has the potential to be just as wild with five games featuring two ranked teams going head-to-head on Saturday.

With Auburn squaring off against Mississippi State, Ole Miss going to battle with Texas A&M, Big 12 rivals TCU and Baylor in a marquee matchup and more, college football fans will be treated to an enthralling slate of action.

Here are the full rankings heading into Week 7 and the matchups college football fans can’t miss.

Rank	Associated Press Top 25	Amway Top 25	Bleacher Report Top 25
1	Florida State Seminoles	Florida State Seminoles	Auburn Tigers
2	Auburn Tigers	Auburn Tigers	Florida State Seminoles
3	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Baylor Bears	Baylor Bears
4	Ole Miss Rebels	Ole Miss Rebels	Mississippi State Bulldogs
5	Baylor Bears	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Ole Miss Rebels
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	Alabama Crimson Tide	Michigan State Spartans
8	Michigan State Spartans	Michigan State Spartans	Alabama Crimson Tide
9	TCU Horned Frogs	Oklahoma Sooners	Oklahoma Sooners
10	Arizona Wildcats	Georgia Bulldogs	Oregon Ducks
11	Oklahoma Sooners	Oregon Ducks	Georgia Bulldogs
12	Oregon Ducks	TCU Horned Frogs	Arizona Wildcats
13	Georgia Bulldogs	Arizona Wildcats	TCU Horned Frogs
14	Texas A&M Aggies	Texas A&M Aggies	Texas A&M Aggies
15	Ohio State Buckeyes	Ohio State Buckeyes	Ohio State Buckeyes
16	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Kansas State Wildcats	UCLA Bruins
17	Kansas State Wildcats	UCLA Bruins	East Carolina Pirates
18	UCLA Bruins	Oklahoma State Cowboys	Oklahoma State Cowboys
19	East Carolina Pirates	East Carolina Pirates	Kansas State Wildcats
20	Arizona State Sun Devils	Arizona State Sun Devils	Arizona State Sun Devils
21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Clemson Tigers
22	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	Stanford Cardinal	Stanford Cardinal
23	Missouri Tigers	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
24	Utah Utes	Missouri Tigers	Nebraska Cornhuskers
25	Stanford Cardinal	Clemson Tigers	Missouri Tigers

*Full Amway coaches, Associated Press and Bleacher Report Top 25 polls found here.

Week 7’s Top Matchups

There are several intriguing college football battles this weekend, but none have the mainstream appeal that the SEC meeting between Auburn and Mississippi State is garnering.

Auburn is one of the top teams in the nation. With a stellar defensive unit only giving up 14.4 points per game and an offense scoring an average of 42 points per game, it will be tough to stop the Tigers. Mississippi State won’t be afraid of Auburn, though.

After beating LSU and Texas A&M in back-to-back weeks, the Bulldogs have confidence and momentum on top of raw talent. While Auburn has the defensive edge (Mississippi State allows 19.4 points per game), the Bulldogs have an offense just as talented compared to the Tigers, averaging 42.6 points per game.

Auburn defensive tackle Gabe Wright told the Associated Press, via the Washington Post, about the problems his team could face against Bulldogs quarterback Dak Prescott:

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He puts a tremendous amount of pressure on you. He is a dual-threat quarterback and just saying that, I think that in itself already speaks volumes. Dual-threat means he can both run and pass. And he’s mentally capable to run their offense now. I think he’s more comfortable now.

"

The resulting war on Saturday could produce the most interesting game of the week.

Another SEC battle worth watching is the red-hot Ole Miss Rebels taking on the Texas A&M Aggies. After Texas A&M lost to Mississippi State last week, a second loss to a team from Mississippi may be too much for the Aggies to handle. The Rebels are coming off a huge win over Alabama and should be able to put Texas A&M away.

The next intriguing game will be the Big 12 battle between the Baylor Bears and the TCU Horned Frogs. The fast-paced, high-scoring offense of the Bears is the best in college football with an average of 51 points per game, but the defense is vastly underrated, allowing just 12.4 points per game.

Baylor hasn’t played a team as good as TCU this season, though. The Horned Frogs took down the Oklahoma Sooners in Week 6, and their 12th-ranked offense and seventh-ranked defense will give the Bears the toughest test they have faced so far this season. The winner of this matchup will gain instant credibility among College Football Playoff voters.

One matchup not getting the love it deserves is the Oregon Ducks against the UCLA Bruins. The Ducks have been one of the best teams in the nation, but a tough loss to Arizona last week has many fans souring on Oregon’s national championship hopes. UCLA is also coming off a loss to Utah, and the resulting matchup will be two ranked teams looking to rebuild their postseason resumes.

There are also several other marquee matchups fans can enjoy—including Arizona vs. USC, Georgia vs. Missouri and many others—but the aforementioned games will steal the mainstream spotlight this week.

With a serious chance of fireworks in each game, college football fans can’t miss Week 7’s action.

*Stats via ESPN.com.

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