NCAAF 2019 Rankings after Week 14

NCAA Football Top 25 Rankings

Updated: Week 14, 1 DEC 2019

(Delta Calc'd from Week 13, 25 NOV 2019)

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Some of these rankings my surprise you, but keep in mind that there is no bias towards any team or preconceived notions, and the only thing considered is what each team has accomplished so far.

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Notes:

• Ohio State increases its lead at #1 after defeating #11 michigan (who dropped from #7 after the loss). Ohio State now has the 12th best SoS, and that will only get better after facing off against #9 Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship.
• Ohio State and LSU have such a lead at #1 and #2 that even with a loss, both of those teams would probably stay in the top 2.
• #4 Clemson loses ground on #3 Georgia despite defeating #61 South Carolina. 
• In fact, #5 Oklahoma almost closed gap and broke into the top 4 after defeating #27 Oklahoma State. I project that OU will jump Clemson if they defeat #12 Baylor in the Big 12 Championship game (Clemson plays #28 Virginia). Clemson is falling victim to playing in an extremely weak conference. They might be one of the top 4 teams in the country, they just haven't had a good opponent to prove that fact against.
• Whoops, Alabama falls to #16 (from #11) after losing to #14 Auburn (who jumped 7 spots from #21).
• Minnesota falls to #21 after losing to #9 Wisconsin. After starting the season undefeated, they dropped 2 out of 3 to Top 25 opponents (beat #6 PSU, lost to #20 Iowa and #9 Wisconsin).
• Conference Championship Match-ups next week:
• ACC: #4 Clemson vs #28 Virginia
• Big 12: #5 Oklahoma vs #12 Baylor
• Big Ten: #1 Ohio State vs #9 Wisconsin
• Pac 12: #13 Utah vs #18 Oregon
• SEC: #2 LSU vs #3 Georgia
• AAC: #8 Memphis vs #15 Cincinnati
• Top 10 // Top 25  Teams for each conference:
• ACC: 1 // 1 
• Big 12: 1 // 2
• Big Ten: 3 // 6
• Pac 12: 0 // 3
• SEC: 3 // 5

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