1Alabama (12-1) – After dominating the championship game, its impossible to not put Alabama number one. Shutting out LSU is the most valuable win anyone has this season.
2LSU (13-1) – It was still the best regular season run in recent memory.
3Oklahoma St. (12-1) – I still think Oklahoma St. should have gotten a shot. Deserve should get the nod over best, even if only to ensure preseason prognostication doesn't override on field accomplishment.
4Oregon (12-2) – With a BCS bowl win, finally, Oregon has truly arrived in a way it hadn't even last season when it played for all the Tostitos.
5Arkansas (12-2) – Only two losses to the top two teams. I'm not sure if anyone else could beat Arkansas, but I'm not sure because the wins are underwhelming.
6Stanford (11-2) – With Andrew Luck on his way out the door, an era of great football at Stanford closes on a bit of a low note with the OT FG miss.
7USC (10-2) – Look out next season. The Trojans have a one year window to go for the National Title with Matt Barkley before the scholarship losses kick in.
8South Carolina (11-2) – Another SEC team that proved how good it is in the bowl game. Of course the loss to Auburn still stings as it cost South Carolina a shot at LSU and the SEC Title.
9Boise St. (12-1) – One missed kick cost Boise St. a whole lot more this season than it did last year. This year it would have been a shot at the National Title.
10Wisconsin (11-3) – Another year, another Rose Bowl loss. Will they go for three next season (doubtful).
11Michigan St. (11-3) – Winning by Hail Mary and losing round two means Michigan St. isn't as good as Wisconsin, despite a better overall resume.
12Michigan (11-2) – Losing to Michigan St. means Michigan is ranked lower, despite a better overall resume capped with a Sugar Bowl win.
13Baylor (10-3) – Robert Griffin III was great in his Heisman campaign, but how the heck did Baylor win so many games with that defense?
14Oklahoma (10-3) – Oklahoma wasn't as good as advertised in the preseason, but it was also short circuited by injuries. Maybe next year in what appears to be a down Big 12.
15Kansas St. (10-3) – And still, nobody knows how this team won 10 games. It has Colin Klein and basically nothing else.
16TCU (11-2) – Oh what might have been. TCU probably would have beaten Michigan in the Sugar Bowl, but losing to SMU cost it the opportunity.
17West Virginia (10-3) – Where was that offense all season? Or was Clemson just that bad? Either way, great performance in the Orange Bowl for West Virginia, presumably on the way out of the Big East.
18Southern Miss (12-2) – Beating Houston turned out to have some legs when the Cougars toasted Penn St. in the Zombie Cotton Bowl.
19Houston (13-1) – Case Keenum went out the way prolific quarterbacks should: in a blaze of glory against a great defense in a podunk bowl game.
20Georgia (10-4) – Georgia proved a lot this season without really proving anything. It beat the 10 worst teams it played and lost to the four best (all ranked in top 11).
21Clemson (10-4) – And thus you're still Clemson, even with a conference championship.
22Virginia Tech (11-3) – Ditto Georgia except the wins (other than the blowout over Virginia) and the losses are all worse.
23Auburn (8-5) – Somehow survived losing pretty much everyone of the National Title team of last season in one piece. Winning eight with the youth on this roster is an accomplishment.
24Nebraska (9-4) – Has a few good wins (Washington, Michigan St. and Penn St.) to go with the bizarre losses. Rankings just feels right.
25Penn St. (9-4) – Likely happy to just be done with this season.
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