AP College Football Poll 2014: Complete Week 9 Rankings Released

Bleacher Report ^ | 10/19/14 | Timothy Rapp

[Clint N. Suhks]

Another week, another set of brilliant matchups, thrilling finishes and newly minted debates forged in college football. The destination in college football this season might be the new four-team playoff, but boy, oh boy, has the journey been fun.

With several top teams facing off, this week's Associated Press rankings were sure to look a whole lot different than they did coming in to the weekend. Let's take a look at how the AP voters view the college football landscape now. Also, make sure to check out Bleacher Report's official Top 25 and review the week that was.

Record Pts Pv

1. Miss St. (43) 6-0 1,480 1

2. Florida St. (14) 7-0 1,433 2

3. Mississippi (3) 7-0 1,404 3

4. Alabama 6-1 1,235 7

5. Auburn 5-1 1,231 6

6. Oregon 6-1 1,142 9

7. Notre Dame 6-1 1,133 5

8. Michigan St. 6-1 1,066 8

9. Georgia 6-1 1,055 10

10. TCU 5-1 962 12

11. Kansas St. 5-1 905 14

12. Baylor 6-1 858 4

13. Ohio St. 5-1 753 13

14. Arizona St. 5-1 643 17

15. Arizona 5-1 639 16

16. Nebraska 6-1 537 19

17. Oklahoma 5-2 461 11

18. East Carolina 5-1 445 18

19. Utah 5-1 437 20

20. Southern Cal 5-2 356 22

21. Clemson 5-2 283 24

22. West Virginia 5-2 272 NR

23. Marshall 7-0 184 25

24. LSU 6-2 177 NR

25. UCLA 5-2 118 NR

[dfwgator]

No he just sucks.

[Jemian]

There is only one. #1.

Hail State!

[MamaB]

Thank you. This is an unbelievable year for my Bulldogs. Just sorry Jack Cristil did not live long enough to see it. War Eagle.

[Jemian]

It is an incredible year. If we can’t have the #1, I’d rather y’all do. Good job! I know one State alumnus who doesn’t normally concern himself with football who is very interested now.

Hail State.

[phormer phrog phlyer]

I refer to the ACC as the the “New Big East” other than FSU and Clemson they have been pretty lame of late. WVU won more BCS bowls than the entire conference.

[Fiji Hill]

Go, SJSU! Beat the Midshipmen!

Hail, State!

[john mirse]

This should be a rule; Only one team from a conference in the Final Four Playoff.

If you can't even win your own conference, then you should not be considered for the final four.

For instance, it would be a sin for, say, two or more teams from the SEC---like Mississippi State and Alabama---to be selected for the final four, when only one of those teams can win the SEC conference championship game, even though those two teams might be considered the two best teams in the country at the end of the season.

You should not be allowed two bites of the apple: That is, you should not be allowed to face a team again in the four team playoffs that you lost to in the conference championship game.

[Hyman Roth]

the American Conference is going nowhere in football

Tell me about it. My ECU Pirates are stuck in the wilderness and it is a shame. They have a pretty decent team, not saying they are championship caliber, but we have our recruiting going in the right direction finally, if we can stop having coaches use us as a stepping stone.

[dangus]

It’s an interesting case of the whole being LESS than the sum of its parts. With metro area interest in Philly, S Fla, C Fla, Houston, Dallas, New England, and DC-Baltimore (Navy’s coming!), it should have plenty of fan base to get good TV contracts and eager recruits. But it’s such a pastiche of unrelated programs, that it has about as much interest to many people as a minor league.

I think the AAC could work in the long-run, but UConn should consider bolting in non-Football sports because by the time AAC football starts clicking, UConn could be irrelevant in basketball. UConn winning the tournament gives the league a couple of years, but the fact that the conference is structured so that an 8 seed wins the tournament shows how bad the conference is for affording its teams proper recognition.

That said, Memphis, Cinci, UConn, Temple and SMU aren’t a terrible core for basketball. If the NCAA would let them schedule those teams to play each other twice, and boost each others’ RPIs, they could be good. But I don’t see the NCAA letting them get away structuring divisions like that.