College Football Rankings 2014: Week 6 AP and Amway Standings Revealed
The 2014 college football regular season has lived up to the lofty expectations, and fans of the sport are now looking to the Week 6 rankings to see where their favorite (and least favorite) programs sit in the Top 25 polls.
It was a good week to be a ranked team. Besides losses from Arizona State and South Carolina, every ranked team that was in action in Week 5 was able to pull out a victory, no matter how ugly it was in some cases.
Here are the full Amway Coaches, Associated Press and Bleacher Report Top 25 polls and a breakdown of how Week 5 of the college football season shook out.
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| 1 | Florida State Seminoles | Alabama Crimson Tide | Oregon Ducks |
| 2 | Oregon Ducks | Florida State Seminoles | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide | Oklahoma Sooners | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 4 | Oklahoma Sooners | Oregon Ducks | Florida State Seminoles |
| 5 | Auburn Tigers | Auburn Tigers | Auburn Tigers |
| 6 | Texas A&M Aggies | Baylor Bears | Baylor Bears |
| 7 | Baylor Bears | Texas A&M Aggies | Texas A&M Aggies |
| 8 | UCLA Bruins | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Michigan State Spartans |
| 9 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | UCLA Bruins | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| 10 | Michigan State Spartans | Michigan State Spartans | UCLA Bruins |
| 11 | Mississippi Rebels | Mississippi Rebels | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| 12 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Georgia Bulldogs | Mississippi Rebels |
| 13 | Georgia Bulldogs | Stanford Cardinal | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 14 | Stanford Cardinal | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Stanford Cardinal |
| 15 | LSU Tigers | LSU Tigers | USC Trojans |
| 16 | USC Trojans | Wisconsin Badgers | LSU Tigers |
| 17 | Wisconsin Badgers | Nebraska Cornhuskers | BYU Cougars |
| 18 | BYU Cougars | Ohio State Buckeyes | Wisconsin Badgers |
| 19 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | BYU Cougars | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| 20 | Ohio State Buckeyes | USC Trojans | East Carolina Pirates |
| 21 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | East Carolina Pirates | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| 22 | East Carolina Pirates | Kansas State Wildcats | Oklahoma State Cowboys |
| 23 | Kansas State Wildcats | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Kansas State Wildcats |
| 24 | Missouri Tigers | Arizona State Sun Devils | Clemson Tigers |
| 25 | TCU Horned Frogs | TCU Horned Frogs | Arizona State Sun Devils |
Breaking Down Week 5
Week 5 of the 2014 college football regular season was filled with marquee wins and close calls for some of the top programs in the nation. While top-ranked teams like Alabama, Oregon and Oklahoma enjoyed a bye week, other schools were forced to scratch and claw for victories.
Few elite teams struggled the way the Florida State Seminoles did on Saturday when they beat NC State, 56-41. With quarterback Jameis Winston throwing two interceptions and the defense allowing 520 total yards of offense, FSU looked like a shell of the elite squad that entered the weekend No. 1 in the rankings. Luckily for Florida State, the program will play lackluster Wake Forest and Syracuse teams before facing off against Notre Dame on Oct. 18.
When asked about the recent struggles of his team, Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher spoke with reporters regarding what his team needs to do in order to overcome the recent adversity:
"We can take a punch and stand up and compete. Now I'd rather start blocking and dodging some and playing, but there's something to that now. I'm going to tell you what: that takes time. That's a culture. That's the way you think, the way you believe in each other and there's a lot of inner trust in that locker room.
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Speaking of the Fighting Irish, they were one of the top teams in the rankings that managed to dominate their opponent in Week 5. Along with Auburn, Baylor, Michigan State and Ole Miss, each of the aforementioned teams squared off against unranked programs and utterly dominated their foes.
The official Twitter of the ESPN Stats & Info department shared just how dominant Notre Dame has been through the early part of the season:
"Tonight was Notre Dame's 4th straight 30-point game to begin the season, longest streak at season's start since since '43 championship squad
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 28, 2014"
One team that didn’t dominate this week was Georgia. After a loss earlier this season to South Carolina (the Gamecocks lost Saturday to Missouri), the Bulldogs needed to mount a convincing victory against a less-talented Tennessee Volunteers roster. Unfortunately for Georgia fans, the 35-32 victory proved little about the Bulldogs as playoff contenders.
The most anticipated matchup for many fans took place on Thursday, when the UCLA Bruins squared off against the Arizona State Sun Devils. UCLA pounded Arizona State, 62-27, and showed exactly why the Bruins could be a surprise championship contender.
Texas A&M and Stanford pulled out hard-fought victories over tough competition, and other top programs like USC, Nebraska and Kansas State also managed to pull out much-needed wins.
It was a wild weekend in the sport of college football. For the fans who love the excitement of Saturdays, Week 5 lived up to expectations and has set the stage for an even more entertaining Week 6.
*Stats via ESPN.com.
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