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Pacific Takes Ballot - Week 13
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -- |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 3 | Georgia Bulldogs | -- |
| 4 | Florida Gators |
 1 |
| 5 | Ohio St. Buckeyes |
 -1 |
| 6 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 7 | Kansas St. Wildcats | -- |
| 8 | LSU Tigers |
1 |
| 9 | Texas A&M Aggies |
1 |
| 10 | Stanford Cardinal |
1 |
| 11 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
2 |
| 12 | Oklahoma Sooners |
2 |
| 13 | Florida St. Seminoles |
-5 |
| 14 | Clemson Tigers |
-2 |
| 15 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
3 |
| 16 | Northern Illinois Huskies |
3 |
| 17 | Texas Longhorns |
-2 |
| 18 | Oregon St. Beavers |
-2 |
| 19 | UCLA Bruins |
-2 |
| 20 | Northwestern Wildcats |
4 |
| 21 | Utah State Aggies | -- |
| 22 | Kent St. Golden Flashes | -- |
| 23 | Vanderbilt Commodores | -- |
| 24 | San Jose St. Spartans | -- |
| 25 | Michigan Wolverines |
-4 |
| Dropouts: Louisville Cardinals, Oklahoma St. Cowboys, Mississippi St. Bulldogs, Arizona Wildcats | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
1. Notre Dame - Say what you will about how good the Irish actually are, they ran the table winning games against Oklahoma, USC, Stanford, Michigan, Michigan State, Miami and BYU. That's a pretty impressive list.
2. Alabama - Alabama now if the favorite to win their third national championship in four years, an astonishing feat in the modern era of college football.
3. Georgia - After years of underachieving, the Bulldogs now are basically in a one-game playoff for the BCS Championship game.
4. Florida - The Gators might have the most impressive resume of any team in the country, having beaten nearly a third of the teams in the Top 13.
5. Ohio State - The Buckeyes might be able to make a case for the AP title if their schedule had been tougher, but they simply didn't beat enough top teams to be considered.
6. Oregon - The Ducks bounced back well in the Civil War, but it was a touch weekend for the Ducks who will now have to miss out on the BCS Championship Game, Rose Bowl and Pac-12 Championship Game.
7. Kansas State - It had to be a long bye week for the Wildcats, but they can assure themselves a BCS bowl if they can beat Texas next week.
8. LSU - The Tigers have just as much talent as Alabama, but aren't nearly as consistent as they struggled this week with a bad Arkansas team.
9. Texas A&M - The Aggies are a team I'm sure no one wants to get paired up with in a bowl game.
10. Stanford - How did Josh Nunes beat out Kevin Hogan? The Cardinal might be undefeated had Hogan started from day one.
11. South Carolina - I think the fact that the Gamecocks aren't in the Top 10 is a testament to how many really good teams there are in college football this season.
12. Oklahoma - The Sooners are a very good team, but I don't know how well they will stack up with a top opponent if they make a BCS bowl.
13. Florida State - Are the Seminoles really playing a 6-6 Georgia Tech team in the ACC Championship Game?
14. Clemson - The Tigers gave the Gamecocks a good fight, but just quite aren't up to the level of the elite teams in college football.
15. Nebraska - Would be much more interesting to see the Huskers get a rematch with Ohio State in the Big 10 Championship Game than an unranked Wisconsin team.
16. Northern Illinois - The Huskies seem to be one of the best non-BCS teams year are year. Hopefully they can keep scheduling BCS conference opponents out-of-conference to show that they aren't just beating up on the MAC.
17. Texas - The Longhorns can salvage a slightly disappointing season with an upset of Kansas State and a potential BCS bowl invite.
18. Oregon State - The Beavers actually played Oregon fairly well, but made it almost impossible for them to make it a game because of their turnovers.
19. UCLA - Sure, the Bruins may have lost to Stanford by 18 points, but the rematch is the one that really matters as they still control their Rose Bowl fate.
20. Northwestern - A no-nonsense team that frequently slips under the radar, but is kind of like a less good version of Stanford.
21. Utah State - These guys could easily be undefeated with an easier out-of-conference schedule as they only lost at Wisconsin and at BYU by a combined 5 points.
22. Kent State - I remember Lou Holtz joking around about how Kent State had their best team in ages this year on the opening weekend of college football. I guess he wasn't actually joking.
23. Vanderbilt - Replaced Mississippi State as the mid-level SEC team that is better than you think.
24. San Jose State - I guess it wasn't a fluke that they gave Stanford a great game early in the season.
25. Michigan - The Wolverines have gotten back to being a good team each year, but can they be a BCS bowl-level team again?