College Football Scores 2014: Week 12 Results and Top Stars for Top 25 Teams
Week 12 brought more clarity and confusion to the College Football Playoff landscape. The No. 5 Alabama Crimson Tide proved they indeed do deserve to be one of the top four teams in the next CFP ranking. Their 25-20 win over the previously unbeaten and No. 1 Mississippi State Bulldogs was the biggest victory of the day.
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It could land Bama as high as the top spot in Tuesday's ranking.
We won't know for sure for a few days, but one has to suspect that Bama will get a ton of respect for becoming the first team to hand the Bulldogs a loss this season.
That's the top story from a team perspective, but no individual had a better single-game performance than the Wisconsin Badgers Melvin Gordon. The junior came into Week 12's matchup with the Nebraska Cornhuskers as the nation's leading rusher with 1,501 yards.
By the time he and the Badgers offensive line were finished with Nebraska, Gordon nearly hit the 2,000-yard mark. With 408 yards rushing, Gordon broke LaDainian Tomlinson's FBS single-game rushing record and led Wisconsin to the 59-24 win.
The official Twitter account of the Wisconsin football program is already pushing for Gordon's invitation to the Heisman Trophy ceremony.
Tomlinson chimed in to show his respect.
Gordon now has 1,909 yards on the season. He found the end zone four times on Saturday to run his season total to 23. That puts Gordon No. 1 in that category as well. With Mississippi State's Dak Prescott struggling mightily against Bama, it would appear that Gordon and the Oregon Ducks Marcus Mariota are in a two-man race for the Heisman Trophy.
Here's a look at the rest of the scores from teams in the Top 25 and two more standout individual performances.
| 1 | Mississippi State | Lost 25-20 to No. 5 Alabama |
| 2 | Oregon | Idle |
| 3 | Florida State | |
| 4 | TCU | Beat Kansas 34-30 |
| 5 | Alabama | Beat No. 1 Mississippi State 25-20 |
| 6 | Arizona State | |
| 7 | Baylor | Idle |
| 8 | Ohio State | Beats No. 25 Minnesota 31-24 |
| 9 | Auburn | |
| 10 | Ole Miss | Idle |
| 11 | UCLA | Idle |
| 12 | Michigan State | |
| 13 | Kansas State | Idle |
| 14 | Arizona | |
| 15 | Georgia | |
| 16 | Nebraska | Lost to No. 20 Wisconsin 59-24 |
| 17 | LSU | |
| 18 | Notre Dame | Lost to Northwestern 43-0 in OT |
| 19 | Clemson | Lost to No. 22 Georgia Tech 28-6 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | Beat No. 16 Nebraska 59-24 |
| 21 | Duke | Lost to Virginia Tech 17-16 |
| 22 | Georgia Tech | Beat No. 19 Clemson 28-6 |
| 23 | Utah | |
| 24 | Texas A&M | |
| 25 | Minnesota | Lost to Ohio State 31-24 |
Top Individual Perfomances
David Cobb, Minnesota Golden Gophers, 27 rushes, 145 yards and 3 TDs
OK, so he didn't run for 400 yards and his team didn't win, but Cobb did find pay dirt three times. Minnesota pushed Ohio State on Saturday, and Cobb's effectiveness had a lot to do with that.
He scored twice in the second quarter and once in the fourth to draw Minnesota within 10 points. Cobb has 1,305 rushing yards this season.
Everett Golson, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 363 total yards and 4 TDs
Northwestern pulled out the overtime victory, but Golson did his part. His all-purpose dominance led Notre Dame's offense to 498 total yards. Golson isn't likely to be invited to New York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony, but the junior is still having a noteworthy season.
The senior has 35 total TDs on the year. He rebounded well from a troubled junior season and has likely raised his stock for the upcoming NFL draft.
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