Projecting Sunday’s AP Top 25: Ole Miss lays an egg, Seminoles survive
Mathematically alive in the SEC West championship race heading into Saturday, Ole Miss left Fayetteville, Ark. with its feelings hurt with a 34-0 loss, the Razorbacks’ second consecutive shutout of an SEC opponent for the first time in school history.
Banged up Alabama heads into next week’s Iron Bowl in control of its own destiny as well as Florida State, the country’s lone remaining Power 5 unbeaten after a last-second win over Boston College.
Here’s our best guess at how Sunday’s new Associated Press Top 25 will look. We’ve included last week’s rankings as a guide.
PROJECTING SUNDAY’S WEEK 14 AP TOP 25
1. Alabama (10-1) beat Western Carolina, 48-14. Next: vs. Auburn, Saturday
2. Oregon (10-1) beat Colorado, 44-10. Next: at Oregon State, Saturday
3. Mississippi State (10-1) beat Vanderbilt, 51-0. Next: vs. Ole Miss, Saturday
4. Florida State (11-0) beat Boston College, 20-17. Next: vs. Florida, Saturday
5. TCU (9-1) BYE. Next: at Texas, Thursday
6. Baylor (9-1) leads Oklahoma State, 42-28. Next: vs. Texas Tech, Saturday
7. Ohio State (10-1) beat Indiana, 42-27. Next: vs. Michigan, Saturday
8. Georgia (9-2) beat Charleston Southern, 55-9. Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Saturday
9. Michigan State (9-2) beat Rutgers, 45-3. Next: at Penn State, Saturday
10. UCLA (8-2) vs. Southern Cal, late. Next: vs. Stanford, Friday
11. Kansas State (8-2) beat West Virginia, 26-20 (Thursday). Next: vs. Kansas, Saturday
12. Arizona State (9-2) beat Washington State, 52-31. Next: at Arizona, Friday
13. Wisconsin (9-2) beat Iowa, 26-24. Next: vs. Minnesota, Saturday
14. Arizona (9-2) beat Utah, 42-10. Next: vs. Arizona State, Friday
15. Auburn (8-3) beat Samford, 31-7. Next: at Alabama, Saturday
16. Georgia Tech (9-2) BYE. Next: at Georgia, Saturday
17. Marshall (11-0) beat UAB, 23-18. Next: vs. Western Kentucky, Friday
18. Mizzou (9-2) beat Tennessee, 29-21. Next: vs. Arkansas, Friday
19. Ole Miss (8-3) lost to Arkansas, 30-0. Next: at Mississippi State, Saturday
20. Minnesota (8-3) beat Nebraska, 28-24. Next: at Iowa, Friday
21. Colorado State (10-1) beat New Mexico, 58-20. Next: at Air Force, Friday
22. Oklahoma (8-3) beat Kansas, 44-7. Next: BYE
23. USC trails UCLA.
24. Clemson (8-3) beat Georgia State, 28-0. Next: vs. South Carolina, Saturday
25. Louisville (8-3) beat Notre Dame, 31-28. Next: vs. Kentucky, Saturday
Dropped out: Utah, Duke, Nebraska