College Football Rankings: Week 12

Yesterday was another absolutely wild week in college football. We had upsets everywhere. Some teams saw their playoff dreams burst (Arizona State). Some teams won, even though it was extremely sloppy (TCU). And some teams were helped by all the madness, even though they had a bye week (Oregon). This week was easily the most difficult week to rank the top 25 as teams with three losses are starting to enter the conversation and when you have to start debating about what team is the best "three-loss team"....things start getting wonky. There were tons of upsets yesterday (I called Oregon State upsetting Arizona State and I was confident enough to lay money down on the Beavers....I'M SO SMART!!!!), so this should be a blast to do this week. Anyway, here's my "top 25" college football teams as of this moment:

College Football Rankings: Week 12

1. Florida State Seminoles (10-0) - defeated Miami 30-26

2. Oregon Ducks (9-1) - BYE WEEK

3. Alabama Crimson Tide (9-1) - defeated Mississippi State 25-20

4. Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-1) - lost to Alabama 20-25

5. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-1) - defeated Minnesota 31-24

6. Baylor Bears (8-1) - BYE WEEK

7. TCU Horned Frogs (9-1) - defeated Kansas 34-30

8. Ole Miss Rebels (8-2) - BYE WEEK

9. Michigan State Spartans (8-2) - defeated Maryland 37-15

10. Georgia Bulldogs (8-2) - defeated Auburn 34-7

11. Kansas State Wildcats (7-2) - BYE WEEK

12. UCLA Bruins (8-2) - BYE WEEK

13. Wisconsin Badgers (8-2) - defeated Nebraska 59-24

14. Missouri Tigers (8-2) - defeated Texas A&M 34-27

15. Arizona State Sun Devils (8-2) - lost to Oregon State 35-27

16. Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-2) - lost to Wisconsin 24-59

17. Arizona Wildcats (8-2) - defeated Washington 27-26

18. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9-2) - defeated Clemson 28-6

19. Marshall Thundering Herd (10-0) - defeated Rice 41-14

20. Boise State Broncos (8-2) - defeated San Diego State 38-29

21. Duke Blue Devils (8-2) - lost to Virginia Tech 16-17

22. Colorado State Rams (9-1) - BYE WEEK

23. USC Trojans (7-3) - defeated California 38-30

24. Oklahoma Sooners (7-3) - defeated Texas Tech 42-30

25. Auburn Tigers (7-3) - lost to Georgia 7-34


PLAYOFF TEAMS:

(These are the teams I'm predicting will be in the playoffs at the end of the year)

1. Florida State Seminoles

2. Oregon Ducks

3. Alabama Crimson Tide

4. Ohio State Buckeyes


HEISMAN FAVORITES:

1. Marcus Mariota (QB) - Oregon Ducks

2. Melvin Gordon (RB) - Wisconsin

3. Amari Cooper (WR) - Alabama

4. Trevone Boykin (QB) - TCU

5. Dak Prescott (QB) - Mississippi State