Week 14 Football Top 25
December 4, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
LSU |
After a slightly slow start, LSU pounded Georgia in the SEC title game to finish the regular season undefeated. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State simply slaughtered Oklahoma and the Iowa State loss is not as bad as it looked at the time. |
6 |
| 3 |  |
Alabama | Alabama won’t close out their season in the SEC championship game, but they still could play for a title. |
2 |
| 4 |  |
Stanford | Stanford got shut out of the Pac-12 title game thanks to Oregon, but the Cardinal are waiting on a BCS bowl. |
3 |
| 5 |  |
Arkansas | Arkansas could, but not neccesarily, be left out of the BCS, but they have still had a superb season. |
7 |
| 6 |  |
Oregon | Oregon disposed of UCLA with little trouble to win the first Pac-12 Championship game. The Rose Bowl awaits. |
8 |
| 7 |  |
Boise State | Boise State wrapped up their regular season by beating New Mexico, but that wasn’t enough to win the MWC. |
11 |
| 8 |  |
Wisconsin | Wisconsin outlasted Michigan State in a fun shootout. Now we’ll see if they can keep up with Oregon. |
13 |
| 9 |  |
South Carolina | South Carolina may have had a slightly disappointing season, but Spurrier should be happy with a 10-2 mark. |
12 |
| 10 |  |
USC | USC would have made the Pac-12 title game interesting, but instead they were just a fun spoiler all year long. |
14 |
| 11 |  |
Virginia Tech | Clemson showed up for the championship game and Virginia Tech again lost to the Tigers. |
4 |
| 12 |  |
Michigan | Michigan is hoping for a BCS berth, but they need to finish in the top 14 of the BCS for that to happen. It’ll be close. |
15 |
| 13 |  |
Clemson | Clemson may not be consistent, but the offense showed up to beat up on Virginia Tech and earn a BCS berth. |
21 |
| 14 |  |
Houston | Southern Miss was ready for UH and the Cougars couldn’t handle the pressure. A great year won’t end in the BCS. |
5 |
| 15 |  |
Kansas State | Kansas State beat a pretty good Iowa State team on Saturday to cap off a surprisingly great 2011 campaign. |
16 |
| 16 |  |
Michigan State | The Spartans lost a heartbreaker to Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship and will be left out of the BCS. |
10 |
| 17 |  |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma had an awful showing against Oklahoma State and are likely out of the BCS picture now. |
9 |
| 18 |  |
Baylor | Baylor cruised past Texas to finish the regular season with an impressive 9-3 overall record. |
20 |
| 19 |  |
Southern Miss | Southern Miss played a great game against Houston to win the Conference USA Championship game. |
23 |
| 20 |  |
Georgia | Georgia just couldn’t keep up with LSU, but who can? After a bad start to the season, the Bulldogs had a fine year. |
17 |
| 21 |  |
TCU | TCU took care of business against UNLV and got a ton of help from Southern Miss. Now a BCS berth is possible. |
18 |
| 22 |  |
Nebraska | Nebraska’s first year in the Big Ten went ok. Injuries on defense really derailed great things, but they’ll be back. |
19 |
| 23 |  |
West Virginia | West Virginia took care of business against USF and got a little help on Saturday to earn a BCS bowl berth. |
22 |
| 24 |  |
BYU | BYU had a pretty much meaningless, at least for them, game against Hawaii, but still played strong. |
24 |
| 25 |  |
Penn State | Penn State started off their season strong, but the schedule got bad just when the program got bad. |
25 |
