College Football Rankings 2014: Week 7 AP and Amway Standings Revealed
It was a bad week to be a ranked team in college football.
With 11 teams in the Top 25 polls taking a loss in Week 6, the college football rankings heading into Week 7 have been shaken to their core. When top programs like Oregon, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and others fall this early in the season, the turnover in the rankings is huge news.
This was the wildest week of the 2014 season.
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Here are the full Amway coaches, Associated Press and Bleacher Report Top 25 polls and a breakdown of Week 6 of the college football season.
| 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 |
Breaking Down Week 6
If you missed Saturday’s action, you missed one of the most unpredictable weeks in recent college football memory.
While the Florida State Seminoles were able to win their game against Wake Forest, the majority of the Top 10 teams surrounding them in the standings lost. The biggest surprise was the formerly No. 2 Oregon Ducks falling to the Arizona Wildcats, 31-24, on Thursday night.
Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez spoke to reporters about the underdog win:
"Last year it was really heartwarming because it was the seniors' last home game and it was improbable, of course. This one, I don't know if anybody picked us. I don't know how many people were talking about us, but I bet you most of them weren't thinking this was going to happen, not on the road.
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Fans should have known the week was going to be wild following Oregon’s stunning loss.
The Top 10 defeats didn’t stop with the Ducks, though. With Alabama falling to Ole Miss, Oklahoma losing a thriller to TCU, Texas A&M blown out by Mississippi State and UCLA stunned by Utah, there was no question that Saturday’s results would rock the rankings.
Ranked teams like BYU, Stanford, Nebraska, LSU, USC and Wisconsin also lost in Week 6.
Brett Edgerton of ESPN.com pointed out just how rare this many ranked teams falling in one week is for college football:
Losses for the aforementioned programs were devastating, but they have opened the door for underappreciated teams. With Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Notre Dame and Michigan State beating their ranked foes and proving their worth as Top 10 programs, it was intriguing to see the shakeup toward the top of the polls.
One of the most impressive wins was Auburn’s victory over LSU, 41-7. LSU was ranked in the Top 15 coming into Saturday’s game, but the team was completely destroyed by Auburn, allowing 566 total yards. If the Tigers weren’t considered serious national championship contenders before, the lopsided win over LSU is all the proof the team needed.
While the Baylor Bears were able to pull out a hard-fought win over Texas, the sluggish performance from Baylor’s high-powered offense should raise some concerns for the team. The Bears are still a viable championship threat, but how the team bounces back against TCU next Saturday will determine if Baylor is a contender or a pretender.
Other ranked teams, like Georgia, Oklahoma State, Ohio State, East Carolina and Kansas State, all managed to take advantage of favorable matchups, but the focus will continue to be on the elite programs that were unable to walk out of Week 6 with a victory.
In case you forgot why you love college football, this week’s schedule of games was the perfect reminder.
*Stats via ESPN.com.
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