NCAA Football Rankings 2014: Full List of Week 8 College Standings and Polls
Remember when Week 6 of the 2014 college football season began with Arizona upsetting Oregon, and that led to huge shifts within the nation's Top 25 teams? Well, while it wasn't as monumental of an upset, Week 7 started out the same way when UCF defeated BYU.
What followed was more madness.
While Mississippi State's defeat of Auburn and Arizona's home loss to USC were the only upsets with any kind of significance, several other top teams were given huge scares, winning by one-score margins to unranked opponents.
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In the wake of another turbulent week of college football, here's a look at how the current polls have since shifted entering Week 8.
| 1 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | Mississippi State |
| 2 | Florida State | Florida State | Florida State |
| 3 | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | Ole Miss |
| 4 | Baylor | Baylor | Baylor |
| 5 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| 6 | Auburn | Michigan State | Auburn |
| 7 | Alabama | Alabama | Michigan State |
| 8 | Michigan State | Auburn | Alabama |
| 9 | Oregon | Oregon | Oregon |
| 10 | Georgia | Georgia | Oklahoma |
| 11 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Georgia |
| 12 | TCU | TCU | TCU |
| 13 | Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| 14 | Kansas State | Kansas State | Kansas State |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | East Carolina (T15) |
| 16 | Arizona | East Carolina | Oklahoma State (T15) |
| 17 | Arizona State | Arizona | Arizona State |
| 18 | East Carolina | Arizona State | Arizona |
| 19 | Nebraska | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| 20 | Utah | Stanford | Stanford |
| 21 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M | Clemson |
| 22 | USC | Clemson | Texas A&M |
| 23 | Stanford | Utah | UCLA |
| 24 | Clemson | Marshall | USC |
| 25 | Marshall | USC | Marshall |
Full FBS standings can be viewed at ESPN.com.
Notable Movers
Mississippi State
Don't look now, but the Bulldogs officially reside as the nation's top-ranked team following their defeat of Auburn on Saturday.
Mississippi State is now 6-0 on the season after taking care of business against the Tigers in a rain-soaked, turbulent contest. The win may not have been pretty, as both teams combined for eight turnovers, but it did mark the Bulldogs' third straight against SEC opponents. Chuck Dunlap of SEC Football tweeted the historical feat accomplished by the team:
Dak Prescott appears to have a complete skill set for a quarterback coveted by every college team. On Saturday, he showed accuracy, arm strength, the ability to make plays with his feet and the resilience to continue playing at a high level after a mistake.
Accompanied by bruising running back Josh Robinson and a strong wide receiver corps, the Bulldogs may have the most feared offense in the nation.
Florida State
Yes, Florida State won again and still managed to drop out of the nation's No. 1 spot. However, after watching this team perform over the past several weeks, this fall could have been easily anticipated.
With quarterback Jameis Winston suspended, the Seminoles were taken to overtime by Clemson. They followed that close win by allowing North Carolina State to hang around the following week, notching another less-than-stunning victory. In Week 7, Florida State was at it again, as it allowed Syracuse to climb back into the game late.
Winston looked as efficient as ever, completing 30 of his 36 passing attempts for 317 yards and three touchdowns, while Dalvin Cook rushed for over 100 yards on the ground and Rashad Greene tallied over 100 yards receiving.
Although, the team's quarterback has been surrounded by controversy for quite some time, and ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted this on Monday:
While that report is concerning, so is the Seminoles defense. This unit has been nowhere near as solid as it was in 2013, and that was clearly the case on Saturday after the 2-4 Orange tallied 412 yards of offense. An effort like that won't fly against higher-ranked opponents.
We'll find out what this Florida State defense is truly made of in Week 8 when it faces a Notre Dame offense coming off a 50-point performance.
Marshall
Let's go ahead and officially welcome the Thundering Herd into the nation's Top 25. Marshall may not have a difficult schedule in Conference USA, but it is certainly winning by decisive margins. Through six games this season, Marshall hasn't scored any less than 42 points in a single contest and hasn't given up any more than 27 points to an opponent. That sure translates to wins.
The team's most recent victory came in Week 7 against Middle Tennessee. Marshall quarterback Rakeem Cato and running back Devon Johnson form a dynamic duo, combining for 471 yards and six touchdowns in the Thundering Herd's 49-24 drubbing of the Blue Raiders.
Cato is on a very impressive streak right now, and he's currently being compared to a certain Super Bowl-winning quarterback, via ESPN Stats & Info:
It's been the same story all season long for Marshall. This team can rack up the points as well as anyone, as a run-heavy offense leads to some wide-open passing lanes for its signal-caller. This well-balanced attack has led the team to a 6-0 record, and without a ranked opponent on Marshall's schedule, we should expect to see its name among the nation's elite for quite some time.
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