College Football Rankings 2014: Updated Outlook on Top Week 6 Polls

A wild weekend of college football has fans ready to check out the Week 6 college football rankings from The Associated Press, USA Today and Bleacher Report.

With several top programs like Alabama, Oregon and Oklahoma having the week off, and other schools like Florida State and Georgia barely picking up victories, there has been turnover in the polls.

Here are the updated Week 6 rankings and the biggest winner and loser from Week 5.

Rank	Associated Press Top 25	Amway Top 25	Bleacher Report Top 25
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

*Polls via Amway coaches', The Associated Press and Bleacher Report.

Biggest Winner: LSU

The biggest winner of Week 5 was LSU. With several top-ranked teams off and several others barely earning a victory in hard-fought matchups, LSU utterly dominated New Mexico State, winning by a lopsided score of 63-7.

While the Tigers still have a loss on their record, it came against a better-than-expected Mississippi State team. Add in a Week 1 win over the tough Wisconsin Badgers, and LSU looks more and more like a viable SEC Championship contender every week.

The story of the day was freshman quarterback Brandon Harris. Not only did he go 11-of-14 through the air for 178 yards and three touchdowns, but he also racked up 36 yards on the ground for another two touchdowns.

Despite Harris clearly winning the starting job with his Week 5 performance, Tigers head coach Les Miles told Ron Higgins of The Times-Picayune about his quarterback situation:

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We're not going to operate that way. We're always going to do things in a measured fashion. We'll go back and communicate with our team.

Brandon Harris came in and did exactly what we needed him to do. He handled the communications, and he made positive plays. Seven straight scoring drives, no turnovers, he operated the offense very effectively. I didn't see that as a surprise.

But I can tell you this. We're going to need both quarterbacks this season. There's a long season left. Anthony Jennings has to get better. Some of the things he did, the fumble and two picks, are things he cannot do. He'll have to make changes, he'll have to improve.

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As great as the win was for LSU, the program must turn its attention immediately to its biggest opportunity of the year against Auburn on the road in Week 6. The Tigers are desperate to climb back into the postseason conversation, and a win over Auburn would help the school’s case.

If LSU can use the momentum created against New Mexico State to stun Auburn, the Tigers will continue to climb the rankings and be a viable championship contender.

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Biggest Loser: Arizona State

As great as the win was for LSU in Week 5, the loss for Arizona State against UCLA was equally as devastating for the Sun Devils. The matchup against the Bruins was the first real test of the season for ASU, and the program failed miserably, losing 62-27.

The offense had its issues, but it was Arizona State’s defense that ultimately betrayed them. The Sun Devils allowed an astounding 580 total yards of offense (355 passing and 225 rushing), including four highlight-reel touchdowns, via ESPN College Football's Twitter account:

Arizona State needed this win. The team began the toughest stretch of the schedule at home against UCLA and will now travel to USC and host Stanford in the next two games. With the team’s confidence shaken, the Sun Devils could easily fall to 3-3 after six games.

If the program has any real hope of regaining their place toward the top of the rankings, Arizona State must beat both USC and Stanford and go on to beat Notre Dame later in the season. That's a tough stretch for any team, but ASU is coming off a disheartening loss.

Starting quarterback Taylor Kelly was unable to play with a foot injury and was replaced by Mike Bercovici. Regardless of which player starts next week, the key for the team must be limiting turnovers and being smarter with the football.

*Stats via ESPN.com.