College Football Rankings 2014: Twitter Reacts to AP and Amway Week 13 Polls

One Power Five unbeaten fell by the wayside. The other came back from 15-plus points down for the third time this season. With those results and a few others, it's safe to say Saturday provided one of the most thrilling slates of games in 2014.   

Florida State, despite never quite looking like the best team in the country, re-ascends to No. 1 following its comeback victory over Miami and Mississippi State's loss to Alabama. The Crimson Tide, meanwhile, continue their march to a playoff berth by sitting at No. 2, with idle Oregon holding firm at No. 3. Despite losing, the Bulldogs only drop a few spots and remain in position for a potential playoff berth if they win out.

Here is a look at how the Top 25 played out in the Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls:

The most significant win of the week belonged to Alabama, which controlled the tempo throughout its 25-20 win over Mississippi State. The Tide picked Dak Prescott off three times and went up 19-0 before Mississippi State scored 20 of the game's final points. Prescott's four-yard touchdown pass to Jameon Lewis with 15 seconds remaining was the only thing that kept Alabama from winning by two scores.

"We should feel awful," Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen told reporters. "You should have a sickness in your stomach. We should embrace this feeling to make sure that this feeling doesn't happen again. We'll feel sick tonight but then we'll get over it."

Bryan Fischer of NFL.com pointed out some of the Bulldogs' biggest wins look suspect in hindsight: 

Alabama has won five straight games since its loss to Ole Miss. With rival Auburn floundering following its 34-7 loss to Georgia, Nick Saban's team looks primed for a playoff berth. Matt Hinton of Grantland said the Tide sit atop his rankings of teams he wouldn't want to play:

Florida State doesn't look primed for anything. Well, except for second-half comebacks. The top-ranked Seminoles were down 16-0 and 23-7 in the first half of Saturday's game against Miami. And, like they have so many times this season, they turned it on late for a thrilling 30-26 victory. Jameis Winston threw for 304 yards and Dalvin Cook rushed for 92 on just seven carries, including a 26-yard scamper for the game-winning score.   

"That's how we're built," Florida State receiver Rashad Greene told reporters. "At the end of the day, we don't panic, we don't point fingers, we don't blame anyone. We make it possible."

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Florida State has won four one-touchdown games in 2014 after not allowing a single team to come closer than 14 points during the 2013 regular season. With only home games remaining against Boston College and Florida, odds are the Seminoles will enter the ACC Championship Game undefeated. But a team can only play with fire so many times before a mean regression.

Jesse Spector of Sporting News had a theory on how Florida State manages its second-half comebacks:

Also in need of a second-half comeback was TCU, which narrowly avoided an embarrassing loss to Kansas. Aaron Green rushed for 128 yards and two second-half touchdowns, leading the Horned Frogs back from a 10-point deficit. Trevone Boykin added 330 yards and a score through the air.

"A lot of people would have lost that ballgame," TCU coach Gary Patterson told reporters. "There wasn't any style points here other than the fact that we fought back and won the game."

Pat Forde of Yahoo Sports thinks the scare might wind up hurting the Horned Frogs with the playoff committee:

Of course, a scare is much better than an outright loss. Just ask Arizona State. The Sun Devils' shot at a national championship fell by the wayside Saturday, as Oregon State earned a 35-27 upset in Corvallis. The Beavers rushed for 247 yards and quarterback Sean Mannion provided a steady hand, a stark contrast to Arizona State's frustrating day.

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Taylor Kelly completed half of his 44 passes, and the running game had no gain longer than 14 yards. Kelly's second of two interceptions fell in the hands of Michael Doctor, who returned the ball 35 yards for a game-clinching touchdown with less than two minutes remaining. It was only Oregon State's second Pac-12 victory of the season.

Spencer Hall of SB Nation properly summed up the loss:

The Sun Devils were one of five Top 25 teams to lose against an unranked opponent. Arkansas toppled LSU for its first SEC win, Northwestern took down Notre Dame in overtime, Virginia Tech ruined Duke's outside shot at a one-loss season and Missouri ended Texas A&M's return to relevancy after one week. Justin Kaspar of Good Bull Hunting found the Aggies' loss particularly frustrating:

 Clay Travis of Fox Sports sent some snark the Irish's way:

Overall, Week 12 was perhaps the most unpredictable of the season. With a majority of the Top 25 teams playing unranked opponents next week, it'll be interesting to see if the standings are inert or they go off the deep end. After Saturday, it's pretty clearly pointing toward the latter.

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