College football rankings: AP Poll Top 25 prediction in Week 13
By Andrew Olson
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Associated Press Top 25 voters have a relatively light workload after Week 12.
All 25 teams were in action. Twenty teams won while five lost. Three of the five that lost were playing higher-ranked teams.
The most notable changes will be made due to No. 7 West Virginia losing to unranked Oklahoma State 45-41. Considering the way Oklahoma State has played other highly ranked teams, like Oklahoma, WVU’s loss doesn’t look all that bad. The Mountaineers fall to 8-2, a record which will probably keep them above three-loss teams such as Texas and Florida.
Speaking of Florida, the Gators are predicted here to move up because No. 14 Utah State beat Colorado State 29-24 only because a Hail Mary did not count (the CSU receiver barely stepped on the line running down the field, making him ineligible to catch it in the end zone). CSU was a 2-8 team. The voters may keep Utah State and allow UF to jump into that No. 13 spot opened up by the shuffling in the rankings (No. 12 Syracuse losing to No. 3 Notre Dame).
Another predicted tweak: Penn State is dinged for beating a one-win Rutgers team only 20-7. Washington only beat a two-win Oregon State squad by 19 (42-23), but that’s still better than a 13-point win over one of the worst teams in college football.
- Alabama (11-0) def. The Citadel
- Clemson (11-0) def. Duke
- Notre Dame (11-0) def. No. 12 Syracuse
- Michigan (10-1) def. Indiana
- Georgia (10-1) def. UMass
- Oklahoma (10-1) def. Kansas
- Washington State (10-1) def. Arizona
- Ohio State (10-1) def. Maryland
- LSU (9-2) def. Rice
- UCF (10-0) def. No. 19 Cincinnati
- West Virginia (8-2) lost to Oklahoma State
- Texas (7-3) def. No. 18 Iowa State
- Florida (8-3) def. Idaho
- Utah State (10-1) def. Colorado State
- Washington (8-3) def. Oregon State
- Penn State (8-3) def. Rutgers
- Kentucky (8-3) def. MTSU
- Utah (8-3) def. Colorado
- Boise State (8-2) def. New Mexico
- Syracuse (8-3) lost to No. 3 Notre Dame
- Northwestern (7-4) def. Minnesota
- Mississippi State (7-4) def. Arkansas
- Iowa State (6-4) lost to No. 13 Texas
- Cincinnati (9-2) lost No. 11 UCF
- Army (9-2) def. Colgate
Projected to fall out of AP Top 25: No. 22 Boston College lost to Florida State
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
