Week 14 college football rankings: Collecting new top 25s as they come out

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Sunday’s new rankings will be added as soon as they’re out. If they’re not here, they’re not out yet. The Playoff committee’s new rankings come out Tuesday night.

Rivalry Week is over, and we learned a whole lot about a few top-ranked teams.On Friday, Miami’s undefeated season came to an end at the hands of a loss on the road to Pitt. On Saturday, the Alabama Crimson Tide finally went down, with Auburn pulling off the upset to win the Iron Bowl and clinch the SEC West. Top-10 Notre Dame also fell, coughing up a late lead against Stanford.

This post is a collection of top-25 rankings that come out over the course of Sunday. They’re not the ones that really matter. Those are the Playoff selection committee rankings, which come out on Tuesday night around 7:15 p.m. ET. The AP Poll featured here is a decent barometer for how the committee might see things, but shouldn’t be viewed as a perfect predictor.

The rankings featured here:

The Associated Press Top 25

The historical gold standard of human polls, but don’t MATTER matter, now that the Playoff rankings are underway.

1. Clemson
2. Oklahoma
3. Wisconsin
4. Auburn
5. Alabama
6. Georgia
7. Miami
8. Ohio State
9. Penn State
10. TCU
11. USC
12. UCF
13. Washington
14. Stanford
15. Notre Dame
16. Memphis
17. LSU
18. Oklahoma State
19. Michigan State
20. Northwestern
21. Washington State
22. Virginia tech
23. USF
24. Mississippi State
25. Fresno State

The Massey computer composite

Every poll and rating smashed into one continually updating ranking, basically. We’ll update this one a couple times throughout Sunday.

1. Clemson
2. Wisconsin
3. Alabama
4. Georgia
5. Auburn
6. Oklahoma
7. Penn State
8. Ohio State
9. Miami
10. Notre Dame
11. UCF
12. Washington
13. TCU
14. USC
15. Stanford
16. Virginia Tech
17. Oklahoma State
18. Michigan State
19. Northwestern
20. Michigan
21. Memphis
22. Washington State
23. LSU
24. NC State
25. Iowa

The Sagarin ratings

A team quality stat that also includes FCS teams. Posts early Sunday.

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Auburn
4. Penn State
5. Wisconsin
6. Ohio State
7. Oklahoma
8. Georgia
9. Washington
10. TCU
11. Notre Dame
12. Miami
13. Stanford
14. Oklahoma State
15. USC
16. UCF
17. Virginia Tech
18. LSU
19. Northwestern
20. Mississippi State
21. Michigan
22. Iowa
23. Louisville
24. NC State
25. Iowa State

Bill Connelly's S&P+ ratings

SB Nation’s favored college football advanced stat, which tends to perform very well against the Vegas spread.

1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Wisconsin
4. Georgia
5. Washington
6. Penn State
7. Auburn
8. Central Florida
9. Oklahoma
10. Clemson
11. Oklahoma State
12. Miami-FL
13. TCU
14. Notre Dame
15. Florida Atlantic
16. South Florida
17. Memphis
18. Louisville
19. USC
20. LSU
21. Toledo
22. Michigan
23. Fresno State
24. Virginia Tech

The USA Today Coaches Poll

Doesn’t matter much.

1. Clemson
2. Oklahoma
3. Wisconsin
4. Auburn
5. Alabama
6. Georgia
7. Miami/Ohio State
8. (No eighth-ranked team due to the tie above)
9. USC
10. Penn State
11. UCF
12. TCU
13. Washington
14. Memphis
15. Stanford
16. LSU
17. Notre Dame
18. Oklahoma State
19. Michigan State
20. Northwestern
21. Virginia Tech
22. Washington State
23. USF
24. Mississippi State
25. San Diego State