Sunday, November 23, 2008

Week 14 Polls and Opponents

With the Oklahoma victory over Texas Tech, the top of the polls have shifted. And with the LSU loss to Ole Miss and Pitt's loss to Cincinnati, the bottom third of the Top 25 also has been shuffled around. Several teams (notably those from the Big Ten and Mountain West) have ended their season.

(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 14. The numbers on parentheses after the teams’ names are their rankings after Week 13. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked You will note that when I refer to a team by its rank, I use the Writers’ Poll position.)

1/1/1 Alabama (1/1/2) The Crimson Tide return to action when they host Auburn.

2/3/2 Florida (3/3/3) The Gators will be playing at #23 Florida State.

3/2/3 Oklahoma (5/5/5) The Sooners travel across state to face #11 Oklahoma State.

4/4/4 Texas (4/4/4) The Longhorns host Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night.

5/5/5 Southern California (6/6/6) The Trojans will host Notre Dame.

6/6/7 Penn State (7/8/7) The Nittany Lions’ season is over at 11-1, Joe Pa is headed to the hospital for hip replacement. And the team is prepping for the Rose Bowl.

7/8/6 Texas Tech (2/2/1) The Red Raiders will be looking to get back on track as they host Baylor

8/7/8 Utah (8/7/8) The Utes finished the season with a 12-0 record and atop the Mountain West.

9/9/9 Boise State (9/9/9) The Broncos will host Fresno State on Friday evening.

10/10/11 Ohio State (10/10/11) The Buckeye’s season is finished at 10-2. The question will be where they will go bowling.

11/12/10 Oklahoma State (11/12/10) The Cowboys play host to, and try to slow down, the #3 Oklahoma Sooners.

12/11/12 Missouri (12/11/12) The Tigers will host Kansas.

13/13/13 Georgia (13/13/13) The Bulldogs will host the #18 Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech.

14/14/15 TCU (15/17/16) The Horned Frogs finished the year 10-2 and in second place in the Mountain West with a 7-1 conference record.

15/15/14 Ball State (14/16/15) The Cardinals will host Western Michigan Tuesday evening.

16/16/16 Cincinnati (19/20/18) The Bearcats will host Syracuse.

17/17/17 Oregon State (21/21/21) The Beavers will host the #19 Ducks of Oregon.

18/23/20 Georgia Tech (NR/NR/NR) The Yellow Jackets will play at #13 Georgia.

19/18/19 Oregon (14/22/23) The Ducks travel to the home of #17 Oregon State Beavers.

20T/22/21 Boston College (NR/25/NR) The Eagles host the Terps of Maryland.

20T/19/23 Brigham Young (16/14/14) The Cougars season ended with a 10-2 record and a third place standing in the Mountain West (6-2).

22/21/24 Michigan State (17/15/17) The Spartans finished the year with a 9-3 record and in possession of third place in the Big Ten with a 6-2 conference record.

23/24/22 Florida State (NR/NR/NR) The Seminoles host #2 Florida.

24/20/18 Northwestern (NR/24/24) The Wildcats finished the year with a 9-3 record (5-3 in the Big Ten).

25/NR/NR Mississippi (NR/NR/NR) Ole Miss hosts Mississippi State.

NR/25/NR West Virginia (NR/NR/NR) The Mountaineers will play at Pittsburgh on Friday night.

NR/NR/25 Iowa (NR/NR/NR) The Hawkeyes finished the season with an 8-4 record (5-3 in the Big Ten).

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